Monthly Archives: September 2010

Augmented Reality Will Be The New PowerPoint

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Total Immersion created a five-minute augmented reality presentation for Bill Chang, EVP of the Business Group of SingTel, to visually illustrate the complex process of business cloud computing in a simple-to-understand manner. In doing so, they’ve shown us the … Continue reading →

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Three Fun Things To Do With Augmented Reality

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

I can see you’re a little bored (yes, I’ve hacked your webcam) and I’ve scoured the Intertoobs to find some augmented reality to cheer you up. From free to over one hundred dollars, here are a few ways to inject … Continue reading →

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Tasbeeraman – An Augmented Reality Hand Movement Detection Game

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

No licensing issues here, really… I applaud the robust hand tracking, but could the game be something new rather than a Pac Man rip-off? Come on Total Immersion. You guys are better than this. Learn more on the Total Immersion blog.

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More Augmented Reality X-Ray Systems

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented reality will make superheros of us all. A preview of what you can expect for ISMAR2010 from Magic Vision Lab. Sandor, C., Cunningham, A., Dey, A., and Mattila, V. An Augmented Reality X-Ray System based on Visual Saliency To appear … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Qualcomm Developer Challenge

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

This fall, Qualcomm is going to host a $200,000 Augmented Reality Developer Challenge. The details for the challenge haven’t been released yet, but the total amount of prize money should have would-be developers planning their products as we speak. The … Continue reading →

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Gravity Jack Indoor Office and SDK

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Gravity Jack software firm has created an AR indoor office. I like the idea of populating an indoor space with augments. Personally, I wouldn’t use it for work. I’d rather dork up my writing space at home and show off … Continue reading →