Quite an interesting batch of links we have today: Aurasma took DEMO by a storm, winning both DEMOgod and people’s choice award, a $1M prize (not in cash), and showcasing their new gesture feature. Congrats! New Scientist reports on a mobile app that harnesses machine vision to detect crosswalks and help the blind safely cross [...]
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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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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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Slow week, or am I at fault for not paying attention to the augmentosphere? Qualcomm releases an iOS version of their AR SDK. I guess now I’m left out of excuses for not developing any AR app on my own. Face detection is coming in iOS5, but will be probably used only to make “funny” [...]
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If you missed it, we’ve got it, in this week’s linkfest: Users not waking up to augmented reality mobile apps (via @jack_benott). Here’s an interesting quote: Augmented reality “needs to move away from the “pull” model of using the camera to pull AR data to a “push” model where consumers can receive AR data in [...]
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Oh my, what an interesting week for augmented reality, especially in the business front: Nokia Beta Labs revealed Live View, a revolutionary mobile augmented reality application. Well, unless you consider Wikitude, Layar, Junaio and many other “AR browsers” that came out in the last three years. Nokia was once a leader in AR research, it’s a [...]
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How are terracotta warriors, billiard, a coloring book and the city of Basel all related to each other? Well… they are featured in this week’s linkfest: Augmented reality glasses decipher emotional cues from other people, increase emotional intelligence. While other, concept, glasses strive to make those cues more visible (but since it’s not AR, it’s cheating). [...]
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Had a very good trip to the US (apart from the trans-atlantic flights) and now I’m back! Let’s see what I have been missing – Modojo laments the sad state of augmented reality video games: “Thus far, no company has been willing to create an augmented reality video game based on a million selling series. [...]
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