Monthly Archives: December 2009

V2 Instituite for the Unstable Media AR Talk

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Both Wikitude and Layar spoke at this Ecosystem event for augmented reality hosted by V2 Instituite for the Unstable Media and PortalToYourDreams.  First half of the video has standard AR talking points, but after halfway point, I like the idea … Continue reading →

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Look Silly with Augmented Reality

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Gawd, I hope brain-computer interfaces become small and finite enough to handle our AR rigs.  Otherwise we’re going to look like Village People groupies doing the YMCA to access our HUIs. 

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Junaio Opens its API to Developers

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Press Release Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,Peter Meier, our CTO, officially announced the opening of junaio’s API to developers at the AR Development Camp last Saturday. Starting today, developers can use the new interface and build their own applications that interact … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Augmented Reality Steal Your Soul!

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’m a believer that most habits in excess are generally a bad thing, but do I really need to be warned about them?  Slippery slope arguments are one of the lamest logical constructs used and the makers of this video … Continue reading →

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8 Things That Are Possible With Google Goggles

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a pile of old Commodore 64s, you’ve heard about the Google Goggle announcement.  The service allows you to use pictures to search the web.  The service is amazing in its own right.  Check out the … Continue reading →

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Are These Games Really AR Games?

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Two new games from Slapdown Games tout themselves as using augmented reality.  Are they really?  The video shows the player taking a picture with a marker to establish the coordinate plane.  After that it loads and the the game is played on that … Continue reading →

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GaTech DVFX’09 Augmented Reality Promos

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The Digital Video Special Effects (DVFX) group at Georgia Tech has made a few promotion videos about augmented reality games made at the school.  There’s no real augmented reality in these videos (besides the game of ARHrrrr!), but I got … Continue reading →

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10 Games That Could Be Made with Layar 3.0

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The new Layar 3.0release brings more functionality to the reality browser.  To help people envision what the service can do, Layar touts five new use-cases: Five Layar 3.0 Use-Cases 1) Architecture Showcase – Visualize the final building at a construction … Continue reading →

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More Augmented Reality Magic with Marco Tempest

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Marco Tempest blew our collective augmented reality mind-space with his card trick video last spring.  This time he pulls back the curtain and shows a little bit of the technology behind his projection AR magic tricks on the streets of Japan.

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Layar 3.0 Publishing Site is Up

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Interesting options contained within the Layar 3.0 release.  Auto-trigger actions and POI-to-POI capability will help people make games and other products.  I’d love to see a good cheesy choose-your-own-adventure using real places and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy style zaniness.  Layar … Continue reading →

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