augmented reality Archive

  • I am here at the Augmented Reality Event 2012 in Santa Clara and saw this rather cool demo from Daqri, a southern California augmented reality dev shop. This augmented reality application that runs on the iPad and I will call an AR body browser, allows users the ability to turn...

    Augmented Reality Body Browser

    Posted on May 8, 2012 | No Comments
    I am here at the Augmented Reality Event 2012 in Santa Clara and saw this rather cool demo from Daqri, a southern California augmented reality dev shop. This augmented reality application that runs on the iPad and I will call an AR body browser, allows users the ability to turn...

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  • Yesterday Google went public with its plans to offer augmented-reality glasses, which it’s calling Project Glass. In the concept video they released, the glasses interacts with what you’re seeing and saying, provides many features of a smartphone including a planner, navigation system, camera and more. They made a previous announcement that...

    Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses

    Posted on April 5, 2012 | No Comments
    Yesterday Google went public with its plans to offer augmented-reality glasses, which it’s calling Project Glass. In the concept video they released, the glasses interacts with what you’re seeing and saying, provides many features of a smartphone including a planner, navigation system, camera and more. They made a previous announcement that...

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  • Charting unknown territory is definitely nothing new for the Danes. Danish companies such as Vestas, Lego, and Unity3D are conquering their industries in a way that would make their viking ancestors proud. Now entering this group is Playingmondo, a platform for creating and interacting with location based experiences. For those...

    The World is Our Playground

    Posted on February 6, 2012 | No Comments
    Charting unknown territory is definitely nothing new for the Danes. Danish companies such as Vestas, Lego, and Unity3D are conquering their industries in a way that would make their viking ancestors proud. Now entering this group is Playingmondo, a platform for creating and interacting with location based experiences. For those...

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  • I’m sure you have seen them; exercise machines with TV monitors placed on them so you can watch TV while exercising. And that is fine enough, but I do not like gyms that much and watching TV disconnects me from my workout. What I really want is to play a...

    The best app for exercise machines and bicycle trainers and big wheels!

    Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
    I’m sure you have seen them; exercise machines with TV monitors placed on them so you can watch TV while exercising. And that is fine enough, but I do not like gyms that much and watching TV disconnects me from my workout. What I really want is to play a...

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  • I just received my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone. This is the first PlayStation certified Android smartphone, hence it is also known as the PlayStation phone. I won the phone from a party Qualcomm had during the Game Developers Conference 2011 for their new Snapdragon platform. I haven’t won anything...

    Unboxing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and augmented reality

    Posted on July 8, 2011 | No Comments
    I just received my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone. This is the first PlayStation certified Android smartphone, hence it is also known as the PlayStation phone. I won the phone from a party Qualcomm had during the Game Developers Conference 2011 for their new Snapdragon platform. I haven’t won anything...

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  • Here is a pretty cool demonstration done by Laan Labs that takes the video and depth mapping information from a Microsoft Kinect and uses that data to create a 3D model for an augmented reality mobile application seen through the iPad 2. Basically how this works is you shoot something,...

    3D Video within Live Video. Kinect my augmented reality to an iPad 2

    Posted on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Here is a pretty cool demonstration done by Laan Labs that takes the video and depth mapping information from a Microsoft Kinect and uses that data to create a 3D model for an augmented reality mobile application seen through the iPad 2. Basically how this works is you shoot something,...

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  • Still recovering from an augmented reality that happened last week. The video footage below shows elements from the Augmented Reality Event (ARE) 2011 in Santa Clara, CA on May 17-18. This was the 2nd annual event of the largest conference dedicated to the business of augmented reality. Start-ups, developers, mobile...

    Augmented Reality Event 2011 video

    Posted on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Still recovering from an augmented reality that happened last week. The video footage below shows elements from the Augmented Reality Event (ARE) 2011 in Santa Clara, CA on May 17-18. This was the 2nd annual event of the largest conference dedicated to the business of augmented reality. Start-ups, developers, mobile...

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  • What do you do when you are at conference and you are trying to make your message stand out?  Well you dress a bunch of kids in cleanroom bunny suites and have them run around during one of the speakers, run hazard tape all over the place and spread pamphlets. ...

    ARE2011 Free Space Movement stunt

    Posted on May 17, 2011 | No Comments
    What do you do when you are at conference and you are trying to make your message stand out?  Well you dress a bunch of kids in cleanroom bunny suites and have them run around during one of the speakers, run hazard tape all over the place and spread pamphlets. ...

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  • I think most are familiar with the scene from Terminator 2 when Arnold walks into the biker bar after going back in time and uses his ‘Terminator view’ to scan the environment. Bringing this science fiction one step closer to science fact is Fraunhofer IPMS. IPMS (Institute for Photonic Microsystems)...

    Terminating Reality with OLED Eyetracking head mounted displays

    Posted on April 22, 2011 | No Comments
    I think most are familiar with the scene from Terminator 2 when Arnold walks into the biker bar after going back in time and uses his ‘Terminator view’ to scan the environment. Bringing this science fiction one step closer to science fact is Fraunhofer IPMS. IPMS (Institute for Photonic Microsystems)...

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  • !Warning, this is a rant! With the growing interest in augmented reality, I continue to notice where presenters, bloggers, researchers, and other have misinformed their audience about the subject. To use the most generic of references, “Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or an indirect view...

    Augmenting the Facts .. the cake is a lie

    Posted on April 15, 2011 | 3 Comments
    !Warning, this is a rant! With the growing interest in augmented reality, I continue to notice where presenters, bloggers, researchers, and other have misinformed their audience about the subject. To use the most generic of references, “Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or an indirect view...

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  • It is expected that with the release of the iPad2 with its cameras, that augmented reality apps for it will start flooding the app store. Seems the first company to get the iPad2 AR ball rolling is Total Immersion with their AR Magic Mirror app.

    Augmented reality on the iPad2

    Posted on March 14, 2011 | No Comments
    It is expected that with the release of the iPad2 with its cameras, that augmented reality apps for it will start flooding the app store. Seems the first company to get the iPad2 AR ball rolling is Total Immersion with their AR Magic Mirror app.

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  • This week Layar, the mobile augmented reality platform, announced on their blog the launch of the Layer Player. The Layar Player is a unique piece of code that can be embedded directly within your own iPhone app. Yes, seems it only is available for iPhone apps. Nice thing is there...

    Layar’s AR Browser Now Made Possible for All iPhone Apps

    Posted on January 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
    This week Layar, the mobile augmented reality platform, announced on their blog the launch of the Layer Player. The Layar Player is a unique piece of code that can be embedded directly within your own iPhone app. Yes, seems it only is available for iPhone apps. Nice thing is there...

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  • Last month I blogged and shot a video showing off a Black Eyed Peas augmented reality app I made using Metaio’s Junaio platform. At the time, I was surprised that Metaio didn’t share or retweet with their community this app I made as they usually do with work that others...

    Black Eyed Peas Get Official AR App

    Posted on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Last month I blogged and shot a video showing off a Black Eyed Peas augmented reality app I made using Metaio’s Junaio platform. At the time, I was surprised that Metaio didn’t share or retweet with their community this app I made as they usually do with work that others...

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  • We all know about kickstarter, and if you have not heard of kickstarter, whats wrong with you?  Didn’t you see that story on the uber cool ipod watch?  Sigh.. anyway, check this out. Hololabs is trying to build 3D Augmented Reality app.  The project is called MixAR: MixAR is our...

    Want to build a Augmented Reality app on the iPhone? Here is your chance through kickstarter

    Posted on January 12, 2011 | 5 Comments
    We all know about kickstarter, and if you have not heard of kickstarter, whats wrong with you?  Didn’t you see that story on the uber cool ipod watch?  Sigh.. anyway, check this out. Hololabs is trying to build 3D Augmented Reality app.  The project is called MixAR: MixAR is our...

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  • The augmented-reality (AR) “Digital Box” application for Lego made by augmented reality company Metaio came out in Lego stores world wide earlier this year. I got the chance to play with this for the first time at a Lego store at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas. See video here Augmented Reality...

    Hands on Lego Augmented Reality

    Posted on December 20, 2010 | 7 Comments
    The augmented-reality (AR) “Digital Box” application for Lego made by augmented reality company Metaio came out in Lego stores world wide earlier this year. I got the chance to play with this for the first time at a Lego store at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas. See video here Augmented Reality...

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  • Saw this poster for the Black Eyed Peas and it didn’t work. As an augmented reality developer and fan of BEP, I had to fix this. Here is the video I made of Augmenting the Black Eyed Peas Time. Android apps used in this example are Google Goggles and Junaio from...

    Augmenting the Reality of the Black Eyed Peas

    Posted on December 16, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Saw this poster for the Black Eyed Peas and it didn’t work. As an augmented reality developer and fan of BEP, I had to fix this. Here is the video I made of Augmenting the Black Eyed Peas Time. Android apps used in this example are Google Goggles and Junaio from...

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  • If any of you read my articles for iphonelife magazine, or read this post from awhile back, you know that I said one of big things we have to look forward to are virtual pets we can play with because they will be able to respond the environment around us....

    The cutest Augmented Reality pet. EyePet is just the beginning

    Posted on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
    If any of you read my articles for iphonelife magazine, or read this post from awhile back, you know that I said one of big things we have to look forward to are virtual pets we can play with because they will be able to respond the environment around us....

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  • Augmented reality apps on mobile has been news off and on over the last few months. There are have been a series of cool apps, and I even posted part of an article I write for iphoneLife here. But even with the parade of cool new apps, we have only...

    Dont like that AR app on your iphone? Then make your own!

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Augmented reality apps on mobile has been news off and on over the last few months. There are have been a series of cool apps, and I even posted part of an article I write for iphoneLife here. But even with the parade of cool new apps, we have only...

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  • That’s right, carry that 3D animated character around with you!  Course, this is not a real tattoo, but instead just good pen work, but really, you do not need much graphic skilz. Although viewing AR through graphic code recognition is still in its infancy, its coming into play fast, and...

    Augmented Reality on your arm!

    Posted on February 20, 2010 | No Comments
    That’s right, carry that 3D animated character around with you!  Course, this is not a real tattoo, but instead just good pen work, but really, you do not need much graphic skilz. Although viewing AR through graphic code recognition is still in its infancy, its coming into play fast, and...

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  • I’ve been working on an article for iphoneLife on and off about the best Augmented Reality application for the iphone. I have also been checking out Android AR apps as well.  And so far, there are very few good apps out there that do anything more then provide 3D search...

    Top 10 Augmented Reality apps for mobile; iphone, Android, etc..

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    I’ve been working on an article for iphoneLife on and off about the best Augmented Reality application for the iphone. I have also been checking out Android AR apps as well.  And so far, there are very few good apps out there that do anything more then provide 3D search...

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