Monthly Archives: September 2009

X-Ray Vision Utilizing Surveillance Cameras

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

In comic books, Superman had all his powers naturally and Batman got his through gadgets and sheer force-of-will.  Using the equipment (altogether not very portable for superheros) shown in the video, you can have Superman-like powers with Batman-like gear.  This … Continue reading →

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SREngine SDK UI/UX for iPhone 3GS

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Sein brings us another video of his SREngine project.  I found the feedback graphs on the sensors at the 2:08 mark interesting, which would allow you to use the app more efficiently, but otherwise there’s not much to go on.  … Continue reading →

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Brining Its Augmented Reality to Mobile Applications, Total Immersion Partners with Smartphone App Provider Int13

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

BRINGING ITS AUGMENTED REALITY TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS, TOTAL IMMERSION PARTNERS WITH SMARTPHONE APP PROVIDER INT13     Embedded Mobile AR Solution to be Available on Variety of Platforms   LOS ANGELES and PARIS (September 14, 2009) — Total Immersion (www.t-immersion.com), … Continue reading →

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6 “Nearest X” Augmented Reality Apps and 5 Ways to Improve

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Now that the OS 3.1 is upon us we’re seeing a few more augmented reality apps and some of them are in the category of the “Nearest X” variety.  I’m not saying these apps are necessarily a bad thing, but my … Continue reading →

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Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps With Dynamic Information

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The Georgia Instituite of Technology will be presenting at ISMAR09 on “Augmenting Aerial Maps with Dynamic Information from Videos.”  They have released a video and a website on their project.  Their stated their goals are: Abstract We introduce methods for … Continue reading →

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Facial Augmented Reality from Playstation Eye

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Engadget and Gizmodo have both reported this morning on the facial recognition technology called the Vision Library from Sony.  It’s called the Vision Library and, once a face has been analyzed, the machine can tell it apart from others, determine … Continue reading →

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ISMAR09: Manufacturing Discussion

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

ISMAR09 Sympsium & Expo is right around the corner and I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be not only attending ISMAR09, but I will be presenting during the Manufacturing section on Monday and joining the panel discussion as a representative of Toyota.  I’ll be … Continue reading →

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WorkSnug Augmented Reality iPhone App

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

WorkSnug, an augmented reality app for the iPhone 3GS, has released a video of their product.  The service shows in the camera view the nearest places to work.  The service explains: WorkSnug is an Augmented Reality application for the iPhone … Continue reading →

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Around the ARNet

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

This past month the specter of augmented reality, which in the past had been mostly research papers and speculation, has slowly been turning into real products.  With a nice long three day weekend to relax, I thought I’d reflect on … Continue reading →

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Turn Your Book Into A Webpage

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Robert, a student at the Fraunhofer Society, sent me a video of their project that his group will be presenting at UbiComp 2009 in October.  Their project shows proof that projectors are not entirely dead, but even in their video … Continue reading →

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