Monthly Archives: October 2009

Giant Hand Torments City

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

More whimsical art augmented reality from Chris O’Shea called Hand from Above.   Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and … Continue reading →

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Another Augmented Reality Business Card

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

So it’s another augmented reality business card.  This time from the company Genuine Interactive.  The use of a 3D video landscape within the augment is cute, but there’s one major flaw with this application.  It requires the use of a … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Watershed Mural Project

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I love it when a project mixes thoughtful artwork, steampunk keyboards, swirling projected lights and a little augmented reality pizazz.  Really, why isn’t this done more often? Cue the funky music.   The artists Gabe Shaughnessy and Dan Cohen aim to: … Continue reading →

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ACME – One Piece of an Augmented World

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The augmented world will exist as a shadow to the real one.  Rouli from the Augmented Times posted on Friday about the ACME project (Augmented Collaboration in a Mixed Environment.)  Leave it to a group of researchers to suck the life … Continue reading →

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Airpainter – Augmented Reality Graffiti

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The often maligned graffiti artist now has a new and pollution free way (ignoring the energy used by the smartphone) to tag the world.  The Andoidpit app developers have created an augmented reality graffiti Airpainter.  The app allows you to … Continue reading →

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Bruce Sterling Talks About Augmented Reality

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Bruce Sterling, science fiction author and regular augmented reality blogger on Wired, gives a short talk to Vercernji in Croatia.  During the speech, he covers his recent novel The Caryatids which has lots of augments in it and shows a … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Scale Update (Reality Recognition)

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

About a month ago, I proposed an augmented reality scale to help us define different applications of the technology.  While the post received good feedback, I felt that it could use more refinement.  This update will define the scaling between … Continue reading →

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Playbox AR Fight Test

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Seeing this concept video made me sad that the Vuzix Wrap920 won’t see be see-through.   This is the type of kinetic AR gaming that I’d love to play even in this simple form.  I’m sure such games would evolve to … Continue reading →

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The Telepathy Interface

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Our great-grandchildren won’t remember a time they couldn’t use telepathy across the ARNet.  Just like children today can’t fathom a world without text messaging.  Neuroscience researchers at the University of Berkeley can translate recorded patterns of neural activity into which … Continue reading →

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