Monthly Archives: October 2009

Total Immersion’s Augmented Reality 3D Puzzle

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

An augmented reality flying car this game is not.  While this AR game made by Total Immersion at the Arizona Center isn’t layered with complexity, it really couldn’t be done any other way.  While you could use a controller or mouse … Continue reading →

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Time Travel with Augmented Reality

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented reality can help us see back in time, making history come alive. The presentation at ISMAR from the Beijing Instituite of Technology showed how they could use AR to reconstruct the Yuanmingyuan, or “Garden of All Gardens” without damaging … Continue reading →

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25 Things I Learned At ISMAR09

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Inspired by Joe’s “50 Things I Learned at ISMAR“, I’m going to take a crack at 25 things since I was only there for half the conferance.  1. Participation in ISMAR doubled from 2008 to 2009. 2. In the next … Continue reading →

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A Few ISMAR09 Demos

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

There’s so much for me to talk about from ISMAR09 and I was only there for half of the conference.  I have a half-dozen more posts sketched out for the next couple of weeks.  I did get to attend the demo night … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Birthday Card

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The birthday card in the video is unremarkable by augmented reality standards.  However, I think it does open up an interesting business opportunity for someone who can weasel their way into bed with a big name greeting card producer like … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Movie – Hardwired

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Really. Not sure how this one snuck up on us, but the trailer is 100% pure augmented reality.  The first video is a snapshot of all the AR corporate advertising in the movie, the second is the trailer. The usual … Continue reading →

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ISMAR09 HMD Review

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The biggest barrier to true augmented vision is an HMD that can handle all the requirements.  I had the oppertunity to experience what Microvision, Vuzix and ORALab/EvoOpticks had to offer.  I’ll try to relate their talks and my experiences with their … Continue reading →

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ISMAR09 Day One

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Today marks the first day of ISMAR09 which has been the Workshop Day.  I participated in the Industry Workshop which was chaired by Noora Guldemond from Metaio.  I’m not going to go into a ton of detail today because there’s … Continue reading →

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Lost Valentinos – Augmented Reality Music Video Project

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Lost Valentinos achieves a World First! Okay, I couldn’t help that.  Maybe I spent too much time in my 20s and 30s playing MMORGs.  What is this World First that I speak of?  The band Lost Valentinos is using augmented … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Demos from Total Immersion

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’m busy with last second preperations for ISMAR09, but wanted to pass along this video from the IDXA event on Tuesday.  The video shows a variety of augmented reality demonstrations from Bruno Uzzan the CEO at Total Immersion.

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