Monthly Archives: November 2009

Bamzooki – Augmented Reality TV Game Show

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Robots battling it out for glory is nothing new. Augmented reality robots racing around real streets and battling on rooftops is so 2010. The BBC show, Bamzooki, is an augmented reality TV game show in which autonomous creatures called Zooks are … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, Bamzooki, BBC, education, future-technology, Virtual Studio, Zook, Zook Toolkit | 8 Comments

HMD Augmented Reality Display with Vuzix CamAR

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

A workable HMD augmented reality unit is a major step forward for the technology. Once a see-through model is available, we can break out of the “magic lens” smartphone. However, a see-through HMD is still a couple of years away … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity | Tagged AR Games, augmented reality, Craig Kapp, future-technology, Head Mounted Display, Magic Lens, NYU, VR920, vuzix | 3 Comments

Brief Video History of Augmented Reality

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Nothing new for the initiated, but its a cute and pithy overview that gets points for presentation. Useful if you have a friend or family member that still doesn’t know what augmented reality is.

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, future-technology | 1 Comment

The Eye of the Machine

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

More video from Sensor Cast’s MobilHD system (see yesterday’s post for more details). MobilHD demonstrates the SPOT automatic object tracking system using a pan-tilt-zoom camera. Unlike simple motion detection, MobilHD employs sophisticated video signal processing to find, track, and predict … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, data harvesting, ethics, future-technology, MobilHD, Outdoor Tracking, Sensor Cast | 1 Comment

Facial Recognition is the Future of Social Search

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Nokia’s concept video shows what they think mobile computing will be in 2015. The list rounds out the usual suspects of future-tech: cloud computing, geolocative services, service-anywhere and facial recognition, to name a few. The last one tweaks my concerns … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged 2015, augmented reality, data harvesting, ethics, future-technology, Nokia, Privacy, Qualcomm, the digital sea | 5 Comments

Surveillance Society – A Lesson for the OGI

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

On the heels of my post yesterday about the Outernet Guidance Initiative and the perils of data harvesting, I find this bit of flotsam foaming out of the datasphere. Don’t be fooled by the lack of presentation fireworks or the … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity | Tagged augmented reality, cory doctorow, data harvesting, ethics, future-technology, Little Brother, outern, Outernet Guidelines Initiative, Sensor Cast, the digital sea | 2 Comments

Thoughts on the Outernet Guidelines Initiative

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Ori Inbar (@comogard) tweeted an offer to join the discussion on the Outernet Guidelines Initative. One particular point of their discussion piqued my interest and that’s the subject of privacy issues within the AR web (Outernet, ARNet, Digital Sea, etc., … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, ethics, future-technology, information, Internet of Things, Ori Inbar, Outernet, Outernet Guidelines Initiative, Pachube, Semantic Web | 3 Comments

Virtual Sandbox (Sim City Meets Augmented Reality)

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

A group of students at the National University of Singapore has developed an AR game similar to Sim City using VRML and ARToolKit. Virtual Sandbox is an educational software targeted at kids between the ages of 4-6. It provides children with … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged AR Games, ARToolKit, augmented reality, future-technology, papervision, PlayStation, PlayStation EyePet, Sim City, University of Singapore, Virtual Sandbox, VRML, Wii | 1 Comment

Interactive Entertainment using Augmented Reality

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The use of augmented reality in our daily lives is still a few years away. The technology and business model hasn’t yet reached the point where it’s cheap enough for the masses. The entertainment business is a different story as they’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged Art, augmented reality, Disney, Disney Imagineering, future-technology, Globalzepp, Im, UP WAKE | 9 Comments

Augmented Reality in Photo Booth

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The interesting part of the video comes after the three minute mark. It appears the software uses face tracking to achieve the special effects and it looks rather robust. The kitty mask makes me wonder if furries are using these … Continue reading →