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Minority Report Interface Using Kinect

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

The movie Minority Report is often cited as an example and an inspiration for augmented reality. The Microsoft Kinect is bringing that movie magic to the living room. It uses the Kinect sensor from Microsoft, and the recently released libfreenect driver for … Continue reading →

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Kinect Unleashed – Not Just For XBox Anymore

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

While Microsoft denies that the Xbox has been hacked, pure semantics I tell you, the new Kinect system has been unleashed for uses other than the ones planned by the giant of the redwoods. Adafruit Industries offered a $3,000 prize which was … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality in Photo Booth

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The interesting part of the video comes after the three minute mark. It appears the software uses face tracking to achieve the special effects and it looks rather robust. The kitty mask makes me wonder if furries are using these … Continue reading →

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Core Tools for Augmented Reality

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

In this video Simon Wynda (I’m guessing at the spelling) gives a Core Tools for Augmented Reality demo. This demo was featured at the Microsoft Research Cambridge Lab on May 6th. Simon demonstrates a geospatial AR application that recognizes its … Continue reading →

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Can AR Help Manufacturing?

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I found this interesting video from Microsoft about how AR could be used in a manufacturing environment, and specifically in the car business. Currently, I am a Manager of Quality and Engineering at a Toyota facility here in the US, … Continue reading →