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AR YOU – Like Denno Coil in Real Life
Posted on August 30, 2011 by rouli
For his graduation project for the HKU (Utrecht School of the Arts), Cor Baauw created a really compelling vision of the augmented future where virtual pets are common and one can change reality with few restrictions. Obviously, we are not likely to see this vision come to life in the next ten years (and possibly not in [...]
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Weekly Linkfest
Posted on August 28, 2011 by rouli
A downpour of augmented reality links for you today: Brother’s AiRScouter see-through head mounted display is coming out this fall? One thing’s for sure, they Brother stresses the AR use cases of that device. The future of firefighting may be augmented according to Tanagram. As Toby points out, a firefighter wants 100% reliability which doesn’t [...]
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Leaf++ : A Social Network Based on Leaves
Posted on August 26, 2011 by rouli
Well, I guess the title says it all. Leaf++ is the brain child of Italian artist Salvatore Iaconesi that couples together visual search and social networks to augment (you guessed it) leaves. A user can leave (no pun intended) a message on a leaf, to be seen later by other users scanning the same leaf type. [...]
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Special Message About ISMAR 2011 – The World’s Premier Event for Augmented Reality Science
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Ori Inbar
ISMAR 2011 is upon us. …For the exchange of new ideas and presentations of cutting edge work in the field of Mixed and Augmented Reality. Mark you calendars: October 26-29, 2011 – in Basel, Switzerland. This is your chance to submit your work in two programs: The Science & Technology program and a complementary Arts, Media and [...]
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Osterhout’s Amazing HUD: Dreamware or Vaporware?
Posted on August 8, 2011 by rouli
A few months ago Ralph Osterhout had a chance to present his vision for the future of HUDs at the e.g. conference. If you had to some his vision into one word it would be amazing. The list of features is endless, from night vision to high definition 3d display. Even more amazing, Osterhout claims [...]
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Weekly Linkfest
Posted on August 7, 2011 by rouli
I’m a bit sleepy today, so please excuse any increase in grammar mistakes. The augmented reality Korean unification project is an interesting little art/political project leveraging the power of erasAR. What other sights would you like to erase using augmented reality? Congrats to the guys at Zugara for being the first (afaik) AR clothing application [...]
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Reality is Plenty, Thanks
Posted on August 5, 2011 by rouli
I watched this talk by Kevin Slavin at Mobile Monday Amsterdam three times already (which explains why it took me so long to post it here), and I still can’t understand what are his issues with augmented reality. One claim is obvious, and I tend to agree, that immersion is neither necessary nor sufficient for [...]
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Vision Based Layar is Coming
Posted on August 2, 2011 by rouli
And since it’s pretty big news (and Layar is a darling of the tech press) you probably already read about it somewhere else. Here’s what you need to know: Documentation is here. Android Beta version is coming in a few weeks. iPhone and Android full versions are coming by the end of Q3. Seems like [...]
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