Tag Archives: augmented reality

Gamers – Now Available in Paperback

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet For those of you without an eReader, GAMERS, the first book of the Gamers trilogy, is now available as a paperback. If you’re a fan of Scott Westerfeld (Uglies Trilogy) or Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games Trilogy) then I’ve been told … Continue reading →

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New Short Story – The Maestro

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet I’m pleased to release another short story for your enjoyment. The Maestro was written a few years ago as a “starter” story for a novel that I was contemplating about aliens and augmented reality. The novel, Ghost and the … Continue reading →

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Gamers – Now Available

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Augmented reality has the potential to bring digital artifices to the real world. AR gurus constantly speak of geo-location, intuitive search, the Internet of Things and other … Continue reading →

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New Story – The Cageless Zoo

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Writers are like mothers. They claim that they love each of their children the same, except they really have a secret favorite they love slightly more than the rest. While I love all my stories, this story, The Cageless … Continue reading →

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Reviews for The Digital Sea

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Since the publication of The Digital Sea back in January, I’ve been rather busy. I finished the first draft of my alt-history novel The Fires of Alexandria, gotten my YA speculative fiction novel Gamers ready for publication (hopefully to … Continue reading →

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Bruce Sterling Is Wrong About Augmented Reality

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Bruce Sterling is wrong about Augmented Reality. First off, I want to express that I have the utmost respect for Bruce Sterling as both a writer and a visionary. As a longtime fan of cyberpunk and science fiction in … Continue reading →

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Kitty Wear – Augmented Ears

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The product is called nicomimi and its made by Neurowear, but it’s probably better named Kitty Wear or something of the sort. Nicomimi are the post-millennium version of the mood ring and just cool enough to cross-over from the furry … Continue reading →

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Free Fall

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet As the polygon counts increase, so will the disturbing nature of the in-your-face AR installations. What’s the AR version of throwing pig blood on a person wearing a fur coat? FREE FALL is a multi-site installation art piece using Augmented Reality. … Continue reading →

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A Short AR Movie: Réalité Augmentée

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Some of you might have seen this on Games Alfresco or Bruce Sterling’s Beyond the Beyond, but I thought it was worth a mention here. Réalité Augmentée is a short low-budget movie about a haunted AR phone, or the … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Computer Vision

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

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 →