Monthly Archives: May 2009

Steal This Idea – The Marble Run

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

If you’ve ever bought a marble run, rollercoaster or any other type of plastic track that requires hours of set up and falls to pieces at the wrong touch, then you’ll appreciate this idea.  Last week, my wife and kids … Continue reading →

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AR Shooter – WARGame

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Tim Verbelen and Pieter Dhondt have brought us the results of their MSc thesis.  In the video they take the concept of a FPS (First Person Shooter) like Doom or Quake and apply it to the real world.  Using materials … Continue reading →

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Immersion’s Cubtile 3D Multitouch Device

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The following video from Immersion R&D shows the manipulation of a 3D object using their Cubtile device.  I’m not particularly keen on the cube because it seems more like a prop out of a bad science fiction movie rather than … Continue reading →

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AR Weather

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

This wearable augmented reality system simulates different weather systems in an outdoor settings.  The hail simulation looks realistic because of the way it bounces off the ground.  This research project is from ISMAR2008.

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Core Tools for Augmented Reality

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

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 … Continue reading →

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Steal This Idea!

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

It’s official.  I can’t get excited about AR marketing campaigns or AR products that don’t do anything.  I need an invisible creature on my desk that I can only see on my iPhone as much as I need a set … Continue reading →

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The Path to Augmented Vision

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented Vision will be available in 2015. Am I prophetic?  Delusional?  Or merely guessing?  How does an deluded prophetic hand-waving guess sound? The reality is the development of complex systems like Augmented Vision will take something more than putting the … Continue reading →

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Interview with Krista Goering

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Last fall I attended the Saturday Writers conference and listened to a talk given by Krista Goering from the Krista Goering Literary Agency LLC.  Krista enlightened us with the inner workings of the publishing industry.  This knowledge has been instructive as … Continue reading →

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Mirrors, Shadows and Occlusion

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Rendering real-time graphics comes with more challenges than just slapping a 3D object onto an AR marker.  Real life comes with some complicated visual effects like mirrors, shadows and objects overlapping each other.  For AR to be realistic, these challenges … Continue reading →

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Creating the Cloud

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Rouli and Ori have been churning great content faster than I can read it all.  The first is an expansive look at the various industries that might be revolutionized by AR.  The second is an interview with Ori Inbar from the … Continue reading →

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