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Category Archives: digital singularity
The Dangers of Computer Vision
Tweet The Dangers of Computer Vision. (I thought about calling this article “The Passive and Insidious Collection of Data with Cameras” or “Should We Fear Facial Recognition?” but I think the current title gets the point across.) Computer algrorithms have reached the … Continue reading
Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity, Random Musings
Tagged augmented reality, camera, computer vision, Data, future-technology, Google Goggles, Privacy
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Watson Will Make Us Superhumans
TweetThe continued advance of computer intelligence, riding the rails of Moore’s Law, have made events like IBM’s Watson win over two champions on Jeopardy inevitable. While thoughts of the Singularity, a future in which we cannot predict because computers will out-innovate humans, are fascinating to … Continue reading
Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity
Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, IBM, innovation, Jeapordy, Moore's Law, Watson
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Predator Invisibility and Ghost Furniture with Kinect
TweetWhen writing The Digital Sea, invisibility was one of the cool effects I thought was possible with ubiquitous augmented reality. I didn’t expect to see tangible examples so soon. Granted, without AR glasses, all the effects are static on the screen and only … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, invisibility, Kinect, the digital sea
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Kinect Green Screen
TweetThe Kinect has become the all-in-one sensor bar of choice for modders everywhere. The ability for the Kinect to do facial and gesture recognition, sensing 3D under any ambient light condition, combined with a rapidly expanding hacker tools, has made … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, Kinect, the digital sea, The Running Man
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Invisible Scuplture
TweetA little real-time camera trickery and some augmented reality, and wa-la…invisible cube. A camera fixed on the concrete cube sculpture recognizes the presence of human faces within its scope. With a randomized choice it will focus on one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, augmented reality, Daniel Franke, future-technology, Markus Kison, the digital sea
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Laster’s Augmented Reality “Pro Mobile Display”
Tweet Ahh… augmented reality see-through HMD, how you tease me so… Maybe I’m a cynical twice-burned jilted lover but I feel I’ve been here before. Thankfully, I fall in love again so easily. Laster Technologies “Pro Mobile Display” has me … Continue reading
Maxcware AR Glasses Project
TweetA few months ago Staffan Dryselius made a splash on Team Hack-a-Day with his DIY data glasses. Since then he’s been working with a team to improve his design and would like to form a larger partnership with anyone interested in … Continue reading
TV Trickery with Augmented Reality
TweetWe’re a long way from fooling the man on the street, but augmented reality may soon play trickery on your TV screens. This video montage combining scenes from movies like The Running Man and Wag the Dog; and bits of … Continue reading
HMD Augmented Reality Display with Vuzix CamAR
TweetA 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
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Tagged AR Games, augmented reality, Craig Kapp, future-technology, Head Mounted Display, Magic Lens, NYU, VR920, vuzix
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Surveillance Society – A Lesson for the OGI
TweetOn 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
