Today, I’m limiting myself to six bullet points or less, let’s see how it goes:
- Augmented Planet have a short tutorial on how to build an AR application in one hour using the Wikitude API.
- Metaio had a grate week, launching a treasure hunt game at SXSW, entering the “nearest x” market, and demoing this museum guide (plus, I have a crush on Noora).
- Toby claims that in order to get a real haptic feedback, you need real objects.
- StickyBits is yet another company that tries to barcode the world. Maybe they’ll have more success than Microsoft.
- An interesting 3d projected AR demo (via @chrisgrayson).
- Should we design augmented reality apps for sloths? I don’t know, and I can’t say I fully understood this Ignite talk (via Development Memo for Ourselves)
I made it! (though I’ve cheated with that second bullet point, and left Total Immersion’s AR Luke Skywalker out (oh, I’ve cheated again!). Anyway, here’s a nice interview with Robert Scoble about Junaio and AR in general. Apparently Scoble doesn’t think AR is disruptive but fancy it a lot.
Have a great week!
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Games Alfresco 
Some neat work, but for haptics I dont see any real use for physical/virtual interaction like that. Seems strange to have virtual controls at all if you have real ones anyway :? Maybe I am missing something.
Obviously , AR information overlays are helpfull, but I dont think the controlls are.
No, I think what we need (if its needed) its cheaper versions of full haptic feedback gloves;
http://www.cyberglovesystems.com/
Of course, you wouldn’t get “texture” sensation, but resistance and pressure are possible to simulate….just not “slickly”.
Wish I was there at SXSW having so much fun.
I think AR will definitely disrupt the practice of making signage and the other spaces of legibility-in-wayfinding. The NYC Subway that Robert mentions was a great example. Maybe a city decides it doesn’t have to provide the same kind of printed info on a sign, because people are suddenly using AR. Or ‘Online’ dating which will quickly turn into something else entirely.
It will also change local business and tourism. When a visitor can have just as much (or more) realtime info about a space as a local, then things get weird.