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10 Cool Things Going On Right Now in Augmented Reality

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Augmented reality has come a long way in a years time. Last year I got excited by research projects and gimmicky AR webcam advertising, but that quickly faded on the tenth plus iteration. It wasn’t until July that we starting … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged android, AR Games, AR Wave, augmented reality, Bruce Sterling, experiemental technology, future-technology, games alfresco, HMD, iPhone, Junaio, Layar, Marco Tempest, metaio, outdoor AR, TagWhat, the digital sea, Thomas Wrobel, Tish Shute, Tonchidot, Total Immersion, Wikitude, Will Wright | 3 Comments

Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2009

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The year 2009 has been an important milestone in the development of augmented reality as an important future technology. While markers and marketing campaigns captured the early interest of the year, the bigger story was the porting of augmented reality to … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Industrial AR | Tagged android, AR Consortium, AR Games, ARDevCamp, Augmented Planet, augmented reality, Blair MacIntrye, Bruce Sterling, Craig Kapp, Denno Coil, Enkin, future-technology, Gamaray, games alfresco, gene becker, google, Google Goggles, Int13, iPhone, ismar09, James Alliban, Junaio, Layar, Layer 3.0, metaio, mobile, neural interface, Nexus One, Noah Zerkin, Nokia, Ori Inbar, outdoor AR, Patty Maes, Programmer Joe, Robert Rice, Rouli Nir, sixth sense, the digital sea, Thomas Wrobel, Tim O'Reilly, Tish Shute, Total Immersion, UgoTrade, Unifeye, vuzix, Wikitude, Zugara | 29 Comments

Mr. Jobs, Tear Down This AR Wall!

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Reagan famously said, “Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall!” While arguments can be made whether Reagan’s challenge had any affect on the end of the Soviet Union, it still marked an important time in history. In that same speech, Reagan … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged android, Apple, augmented reality, Droid, future-technology, iPhone, Neogence Enterprises, Ori Inbar, Robert Rice, Ronald Reagan, Symbian, Venture Beat | 2 Comments

Another Augmented Reality Business Card

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

So it’s another augmented reality business card. This time from the company Genuine Interactive. The use of a 3D video landscape within the augment is cute, but there’s one major flaw with this application. It requires the use of a … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, augmented reality, business card, future-technology, genuine interactive, iPhone, marketing | 5 Comments

Airpainter – Augmented Reality Graffiti

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The often maligned graffiti artist now has a new and pollution free way (ignoring the energy used by the smartphone) to tag the world. The Andoidpit app developers have created an augmented reality graffiti Airpainter. The app allows you to … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged android, Androidpit, augmented reality, future-technology | 5 Comments

10 Things Your AR App Must Have to Succeed

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

With the iPhone OS 3.1 launch set to debut next month, I wanted to explore the features that are going to help make some AR apps succeed over others. We’re going to be seeing a spike of releases since many … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, AR Games, Augment This!, augmented reality, EyePet, future-technology, games alfresco, google, innovation, iPhone, Layar, Nokia, OS 3.1, papervision, PS3, Rouli, Seinichi Kanemura, SREngine, the digital sea, vista, Zugara | 7 Comments

What AR Devs Want From Smartphones

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

With three smartphones on the market: iPhone, Android and Pre; the opportunities for augmented reality apps have opened up. I asked a couple of AR developers what they wanted from smartphones and I recieved some interesting answers. I’ve summarized the information … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged android, augmented reality, iPhone, Palm Pre, smartphone | 1 Comment

Someone Please Turn Off The Lights

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

A new Android program called Sky Map can tell you what stars you’re looking at in the sky by pointing your phone in the right direction. Using the magnetometer, accelerometer, GPS and clock, the phone can tell what direction the … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged android, augmented reality, future-technology, the digital sea | 1 Comment

Around the Net

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’d like to take a moment and review the AR happenings around the net in the last month about augmented reality. * Not one, but two AR frameworks are being released – Layar and Gamaray; both for Google’s Android. Augmented … Continue reading →

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Layar – The First Reality Browser

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’m not going to go into too much detail, because Rouli gives us an excellent run down on the Augmented Times, but I think this is an important step in “creating the cloud“. Who knows, Layar could be the early … Continue reading →