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A Short AR Movie: Réalité Augmentée

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

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 dangers … Continue reading →

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Two AR Links, A Review and a Bonus Video

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Life is random and full of amusement. Had a busy, productive week for the current novel project about Alexandria. Added a few posts to Games Alfresco–one about a new AR RPG called Traveller and another about an interactive billboard. Also, … Continue reading →

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A Little Something About AR Games…

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

…but not here. Trying a little something different with some of my augmented reality posts. Going to just single post some of them over on Games Alfresco, especially the video heavy ones like this. With a little help from Ori … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2010

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Two years ago, in 2009, augmented reality took its first steps into mainstream consciousness. This last year, 2010, we’ve seen augmented reality really expand into new formats and across spectra. Like I did last year, I’m going to review month-by-month the … Continue reading →

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The Writer’s Life

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

My foray into the blogging business started when I read a brief article in the Economist about augmented reality. After writing a novel based on AR, I started this blog because I thought there was a lot more to talk … Continue reading →

Posted in The Writer's Life, Writing / Publishing | Tagged future-technology, games alfresco, Rouli Nir, the digital sea, writing | 3 Comments

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 →

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What I Want For Augmented Reality in 2010

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

I was going to expand on my predictions that Rouli had posted on Games Alfresco because, frankly, they were pretty lame (mine and not the other nine, those were good.) But decided that there have been enough predictions for 2010. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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10 Worst Uses of Augmented Reality in 2009

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Tis the season to reflect and review the year that’s about the scuttle its caboose into 2010. It’s been a huge year for augmented reality after decades of R&D, finally hitting the public’s awareness. Unfortunately, not all applications of the … Continue reading →

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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 →