Monthly Archives: August 2009

Proposal: Augmented Reality Scale

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

As we collectively disembark on a long journey to a future, hence unknown. We’ll want to mark our progress as it goes zipping by our technological car windows. With augmented reality intruding into the general consciousness, we’re going to need … Continue reading →

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Don’t Mess With My Reality (Even If It’s Augmented)

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Magic tricks are just scams that we clap and smile at when they’re over instead of wanting to choke someone. Augmented reality is still a long way off to be able to used to fool people about the nature of … Continue reading →

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Put A Spell: Augmented Reality Game from Ogmento

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Long ago the founder of Ogmento, Ori Inbar, promised he would make augmented reality games that would get our children away from screens and learning more. Today Ogmento released a teaser trailer for their new game – Put A Spell. Put … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged arballon, augmented reality, future-technology, iPhone, learning game, Ogmento, Ori Inbar, put a spell | 2 Comments

Sing Along with Sean Kingston

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented reality will bring new and interesting ways to embarrass ourselves. Really. The 19-year old reggae singer, Sean Kingston, has an upcoming album “Tomorrow,” due out September 22nd, that will include an AR marker in the CD case to be used … Continue reading →

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10 Things Your AR App Must Have to Succeed

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

With the iPhone OS 3.1 launch set to debut next month, I wanted to explore the features that are going to help make some AR apps succeed over others. We’re going to be seeing a spike of releases since many … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, AR Games, Augment This!, augmented reality, EyePet, future-technology, games alfresco, google, innovation, iPhone, Layar, Nokia, OS 3.1, papervision, PS3, Rouli, Seinichi Kanemura, SREngine, the digital sea, vista, Zugara | 7 Comments

UgoTrade Interview with Thomas Wrobel

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Yesterday UgoTrade posted a discussion of Thomas Wrobel’s proposal called, “Everything Everywhere: A proposal for an Augmented Reality Network system based on existing protocols and infrastructure.” If you’ve been following along recent AR debates , you’ll know that Thomas is … Continue reading →

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Oh My Guide! AR Collaborative Guiding Service

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Oh My Guide! is an AR service designed to match people who are needing directions or language services with people that can help them, instead of relying on a computer or smartphone. This adds a social element to AR tourism. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Layar 2.0 Walkthrough

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Following up all the recent news from Layar reported on Games Alfresco – Raimo van der Klein, CEO of Layar, gives us a video tour of the new Layar 2.0 features. They’ve also released the Content Catalog listing the 87 … Continue reading →

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Metaio Unifeye Demo #3

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

In this third installment of the Unifeye Design Demo I go over: creating a marker out of any picture, how to use occlusion effectively and a demonstration of animation using Workflow. Markerless Augmented Reality: This function, Markerless Configuration, can be … Continue reading →

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TweetWorld from Gamaray

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

TweetWorld is an Android app from Gamaray that shows the twenty nearest geocoded tweets in the area. Touching the image on the screen will allow the user to access their webpage. Gamaray also explains they will soon allow custom 3D avatars … Continue reading →