Monthly Archives: August 2009

Update on iPhone ARKit

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The group working on the iPhone for ARKit has started their own blog. Unlike the Google Docs page, they’ve given more insight into their goals and why they’ve taken on the project. Wednesday of last week I turned to my … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality for Dummies

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

If you’ve read the novel Rainbows End or seen the anime series Denno Coil or read the short story I had posted a while back about the Digital Sea. Then you understand what fully rendered augmented reality is. It’s all around … Continue reading →

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Zugara’s Cannonballz AR Game

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Using AR and motion capture, along with a little social networking via Facebook, Zugara brings us a new AR game called Cannonballz. The game play is relatively simple, but it starts to show us what’s possible using AR and motion … Continue reading →

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Just Add AR For Awesome

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Spoiler note. The iPhone app I’m about to discuss has no augmented reality functionality. So why am I discussing it? Because if it did, it’d go from adequate to awesome. Every year nerds from around the country descend on Gen … Continue reading →

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10 Franchises That Need Augmented Reality

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented reality is gaining buzz, tickling imaginations and will eventually enter the mainstream zeitgeist. Eventually, many companies will wonder if they should take advantage of this new technology. Some should jump in with both feet and some should stay on … Continue reading →

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STI – AR Book Tour

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Die hard fans of any franchise are willing to shill out big bucks to experience the movie or book in new and interesting ways. Most probably don’t realize that you can take a tour of the town where the Twillight … Continue reading →

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Virus Killer 360 – ARGame by Acrossair

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The 360 stands for three-hundred and sixty degrees of real-time gaming. The ARgame from Acrossair will be released on the iPhone app store when the 3.1 OS comes out. I can’t say how fun the game is since we can only … Continue reading →

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Metaballs

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

While Google Trends still continues to drive upward as augmented reality gains more visibility, this week has been surprisingly quiet for any real significant news about AR. The video shown here isn’t giving us anything new, but the quality is worth … Continue reading →

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The Hype of AR

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Today CNN.com gave a report on augmented reality, including an interview with Blair MacIntyre. Even though I’ve only been involved with AR for about two years, I felt like a proud parent seeing the article on CNN about my favorite, and … Continue reading →