Tag Archives: innovation

Turn Your Book Into A Webpage

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Robert, a student at the Fraunhofer Society, sent me a video of their project that his group will be presenting at UbiComp 2009 in October.  Their project shows proof that projectors are not entirely dead, but even in their video … Continue reading →

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The Augmented Reality Flying Car

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The company HD Interactive released a video today of their augmented reality hangman game.  They demonstrated the game at the Tampa Internet and Technology Summit 2009 and say they will release the game soon.  They also say they will be … 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 →

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Oh My Guide! AR Collaborative Guiding Service

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Oh My Guide! is an AR service designed to match people who are needing directions or language services with people that can help them, instead of relying on a computer or smartphone.  This adds a social element to AR tourism.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Just Add AR For Awesome

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Spoiler note.  The iPhone app I’m about to discuss has no augmented reality functionality. So why am I discussing it?  Because if it did, it’d go from adequate to awesome.  Every year nerds from around the country descend on Gen … Continue reading →

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UgoTrade Interview #2 with Ori Inbar

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

UgoTrade brings us another excellent interview with Ori Inbar and explains it will be the first of many with leaders in the augmented reality movement.  Stop by and read the whole thing in its full-length goodness.  Here’s a few highlights: … Continue reading →

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Steal This Idea – Easy AR

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Recently we’ve seen AR business cards from both James Alliban and Jonas Jager (via Rouli).  My purpose is not to debate which AR business card service is better–they’re both proof of concepts at this point–but to point out there is … Continue reading →

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Barriers to Greatness

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Good product design is hard to create. Interacting with the product should be effortless, engaging and should stimulate the user to think, “What have I been doing all these years without this product?”  When products are created with the end-user in … Continue reading →

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Touchless Interface Glove

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

At the 2009 NotACon live Fat Man and Circuit Girl show, Noah from Augmentation Blog debuted his “Wireless Glove.”  He doesn’t give us the end use intent of his project, but I could see it as a touchless interface with … Continue reading →

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Steal This Idea – AR Billboards

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

If you’re walking around a major metropolitan area and you see this sign are you going to be intrigued enough to download the free app and see what it is?                   I … Continue reading →

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