Core Tools for Augmented Reality

In this video Simon Wynda (I’m guessing at the spelling) gives a Core Tools for Augmented Reality demo.  This demo was featured at the Microsoft Research Cambridge Lab on May 6th.

Simon demonstrates a geospatial AR application that recognizes its location from images and GPS data.  Location notes are annotated in the view in one example. 

The second part of the video he shows a hide-and-seek game utilizing AR.  The view in the camera shows a cascade of bubbles floating by that a child would follow to a treasure chest.  Simon demonstrates how even away from the chest, the bubbles float in the correct direction.  Not a breakthrough by any means, but I like the direction of their creative thinking to make an interesting application. 

This idea could be expanded into an adult hide-and-seek finding clues throughout a metropolitan area leading to a big event.  Prospective attendees could answer questions along the way at certain locations related to the event.  Would be a great viral marketing campaign.