Monthly Archives: February 2010

Dell Tablet Mini 5 For Augmented Reality

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

While the Apple iPad Tablet announcement last month was disappointing for augmented reality developers and enthusiasts, the details about the upcoming Dell Tablet will make you salivate. The Mini 5 will have a five inch touchscreen with both front and user facing cameras … Continue reading →

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7 Ways Augmented Reality Will Change Your Brain

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Sarah adjusted her new Oakley TrueVisions and slipped between the subway doors as they closed.  They pinched her nose, but she knew she’d get used to them like she had her previous pair.  Her ongoing chess game with Malcolm blinked, … Continue reading →

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Your Face Is A Social Business Card

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Last July TAT (“The Astonishing Tribe“) posted a concept video of their augmented social face-card system (okay, I made that term up, what else should we call it?).  The video tickled the imagination with over 400,000 views. TAT has since teamed … Continue reading →

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Metaio Releases Unifeye SDK

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Metaio released their Unifeye Mobile Augmented Reality SDK at Mobile World Congress 2010. The Unifeye® Mobile SDK is the world´s first and only software development kit for creating mobile augmented reality (AR) applications. The professional toolbox is supporting all major … Continue reading →

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Fancouver at the Winter Olympics

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Yahoo! and augmented reality leader Total Immersion have come up with some nifty ways to bring consumers into the action at the world’s largest winter sporting event.  Yahoo!’s “Fancouver” exhibit enables passers-by to insert themselves into the festivities in a host … Continue reading →

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The Multi-Sensor Problem

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Sensor systems like cameras, markers, RFID, QR codes (and more) are usually done as single methods to align our augments.  One challenge for a ubiquitous computing enviroment will be meshing together the various available sensors so computers have a seemless … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Dogged Persistance

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

I finished reading the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell today.  One theme from the book was the idea that 10,000 hours of meaningful work within a skill set will make you an expert.  A brief example from the book is … Continue reading →

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What the Movie Avatar Can Teach Augmented Reality

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

The biggest news about the movie Avatar has been the 3D experience and the way its blown the doors off the previous records. The movie has garnered huge success because it pushed the boundaries of technology and told an interesting … Continue reading →

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Insights Into Augmented Reality from Total Immersion

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Total Immersion leads the augmented reality industry in total projects (around 125 last year and they’re expecting over 250 in 2010.) They’ve successfully created world-wide campaigns like Coke Zero and the Avatar i-Tag game line. So when they talk about … Continue reading →

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