Tag Archives: Layar

Free Fall

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

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. it … Continue reading →

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Is This How Strange We Look?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Layar is demonstrating the Pac Man game at the truStockholm Unconferance in this video. There’s no demonstration of the actual game going on for you to see. Instead, people are holding up smartphones and wandering around in circles playing the … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, Layar, truStockholm | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged AirRaid, AR Games, ARE2010, Augmented Planet, augmented reality, Bruce Sterling, Chris Arkenberg, future-technology, games alfresco, Google Goggles, Jack Benoff, Junaio, Kinect, Layar, Lumus, Marco Tempest, metaio, Nokia, Ori Inbar, Qualcomm, Rouli Nir, the digital sea, Tim O'Reilly, Tish Shute, Tonchidot, Total Immersion, WordLens, writing | 11 Comments

Conquar – The Layar Based Strategy Game

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

Today my wife and kids were ignoring me so I hijacked my wife’s new iPhone. I’d been curious to try the game on Layar called Conquar. The idea sounded simple–take control of your city using troops. Unfortunately, the game IS … Continue reading →

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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

Collectibles and Augmented Reality

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

It was only a matter of time. Virtual goods make up a $1.4 Billion (that’s with a ‘B’ folks) business and the demand is growing. We have Chinese gold farmers and Farmville exclusive goods, so augmented goods can’t be far … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged AR Games, augmented goods, augmented reality, Junaio, Layar, metaio, TagWhat, the digital sea, virtual goods, World of Warcraft | 2 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

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 →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged always, AR Games, Augmented Planet, augmented reality, Avon, Best Buy, Blake Collins, Dodge Avenger, games alfresco, gaming, HD Interactive, iPhone, Layar, OneZeroThrice, Rouli, Twitter 360 | 10 Comments

Augmented Reality App Review on AOTS

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I have a confession to make: I watch AOTS (Attack of the Show) almost every day and not just for Olivia Munn. If you’re a hardcore gadget and game nerd like myself, this show is crack. Though I was excited to … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged AR Games, Attack of the Show, augmented reality, Google Goggles, Junaio, Layar, Olivia Munn, Pocket Universe, SkyMap, Twitter 360, Wikitude | 5 Comments

V2 Instituite for the Unstable Media AR Talk

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Both Wikitude and Layar spoke at this Ecosystem event for augmented reality hosted by V2 Instituite for the Unstable Media and PortalToYourDreams. First half of the video has standard AR talking points, but after halfway point, I like the idea … Continue reading →