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The Augmented Reality Pop Quiz

Tweet Think you know everything there is to know about augmented reality?  Well, prove it and take the augmented reality pop quiz.  If you’re proud of your score, post the results on twitter with the hashtag #arpopquiz or in the … Continue reading

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25 Things I Learned At ISMAR09

Tweet Inspired by Joe’s “50 Things I Learned at ISMAR“, I’m going to take a crack at 25 things since I was only there for half the conferance.  1. Participation in ISMAR doubled from 2008 to 2009. 2. In the … Continue reading

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ISMAR09 HMD Review

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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ISMAR09 Day One

Tweet Today marks the first day of ISMAR09 which has been the Workshop Day.  I participated in the Industry Workshop which was chaired by Noora Guldemond from Metaio.  I’m not going to go into a ton of detail today because … Continue reading

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ACME – One Piece of an Augmented World

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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Past ISMAR Videos

Tweet ISMAR09 is less than a month away and I’m getting excited about attending (though I wish I could be there for the full week.)  This year’s conference looks to be the best one yet.  While the industry is gazing … Continue reading

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X-Ray Vision Utilizing Surveillance Cameras

Tweet In comic books, Superman had all his powers naturally and Batman got his through gadgets and sheer force-of-will.  Using the equipment (altogether not very portable for superheros) shown in the video, you can have Superman-like powers with Batman-like gear.  … Continue reading

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Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps With Dynamic Information

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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ISMAR09: Manufacturing Discussion

Tweet ISMAR09 Sympsium & Expo is right around the corner and I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be not only attending ISMAR09, but I will be presenting during the Manufacturing section on Monday and joining the panel discussion as a representative of Toyota.  I’ll … Continue reading

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UgoTrade Interview with Thomas Wrobel

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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