Augmented Makeup Gets a Little Bit Better

Posted on February 9, 2010 by rouli

A couple of months ago, I wrote about a Korean magic mirror that lets you try on makeup. I thought the results were less than satisfactory: Well, the Japanese have tamed the virtual makeup down. Created for cosmetic giant Shiseido by Fujitsu, the following application can be found in kiosks across Tokyo: More details on [...]

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Virtual Makeup is not ready for Prime Time yet

Posted on November 28, 2009 by rouli

Following video presents a cooperation between Korea’s drugstore Oliveyoung and Samsung (if Google Translate serves me right). Never mind it’s not applied in real time and requires user interaction, but does it increase your sales, making your customers look like clowns? Well I guess it’s a step in the right direction, but probably the technology [...]

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TAT Augmented ID is Beautiful/Creepy

Posted on July 9, 2009 by rouli

One of the oldest concepts in the mobile AR community is using augmented reality to match a person with his/her identity. The Swedish software and design company TAT just unveiled their own take on this “augmented id” with the aptly named Augmented ID. Using face recognition and tracking technology from Polar Rose, TAT enables you [...]

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