Category Archives: digital singularity

HMD System at Daimler AG

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Head-mounted displays are the killer hardware that augmented reality needs to break free from “magic lens” smartphone technology.  SAP TV shows us an industrial application concept at a Dailmer AG plant.  The part stocker is using an HMD with augmented reality … Continue reading →

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ISMAR09 HMD Review

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The biggest barrier to true augmented vision is an HMD that can handle all the requirements.  I had the oppertunity to experience what Microvision, Vuzix and ORALab/EvoOpticks had to offer.  I’ll try to relate their talks and my experiences with their … Continue reading →

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ACME – One Piece of an Augmented World

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The augmented world will exist as a shadow to the real one.  Rouli from the Augmented Times posted on Friday about the ACME project (Augmented Collaboration in a Mixed Environment.)  Leave it to a group of researchers to suck the life … Continue reading →

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The Telepathy Interface

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Our great-grandchildren won’t remember a time they couldn’t use telepathy across the ARNet.  Just like children today can’t fathom a world without text messaging.  Neuroscience researchers at the University of Berkeley can translate recorded patterns of neural activity into which … Continue reading →

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The Zerkin Glove – Touching the Future, Now

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

With all the buzz about multiple AR news announcements (ARML, Layar 3D, Vuzix contest),  Noah Zerkin’s glove/tracking project got lost.  Hopefully I can shed some much deserved light on what this one-man show is doing. Noah has been working on an … Continue reading →

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Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps With Dynamic Information

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The Georgia Instituite of Technology will be presenting at ISMAR09 on “Augmenting Aerial Maps with Dynamic Information from Videos.”  They have released a video and a website on their project.  Their stated their goals are: Abstract We introduce methods for … Continue reading →

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UgoTrade Interview with Thomas Wrobel

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Yesterday UgoTrade posted a discussion of Thomas Wrobel’s proposal called, “Everything Everywhere: A proposal for an Augmented Reality Network system based on existing protocols and infrastructure.”  If you’ve been following along recent AR debates , you’ll know that Thomas is … Continue reading →

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BMI Monkey Business

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

If you’ve been reading this blog awhile, you’ll know I have a fascination with brain-machine interfaces.  Both Toyota and Honda have developed thought controlled devices and there are a number of products on the market that can control your computer.  … Continue reading →

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Toyota’s Mind Controlled Wheelchair

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

While mind control has more immediate applications for people with disabilities, I also expect it will be a way to control our AR interfaces in the future.  The researchers report they have reduced the reaction time down to milliseconds which … Continue reading →

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Rat Basketball

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Coincidentally, after I finished my post yesterday, I had an email in my inbox from a friend with a link to this article from The Daily Galaxy.  The article discusses a University of Florida study about using a BCI combined … Continue reading →

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