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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 →

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

NAB 2010 Show Sets Super Augmented Reality Session

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

I haven’t done many press releases as of late, but this one caught my eye due to the various partners involved–”Key Figures from Nokia Research Center, Total Immersion, Walt Disney Imagineering & More To Discuss Cutting-Edge Blend of Reality and … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, bruno uzzan, Disney, Disney Imagineering, gene becker, lightning labs, NAB 2010, Nokia, Total Immersion | 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

Facial Recognition is the Future of Social Search

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Nokia’s concept video shows what they think mobile computing will be in 2015. The list rounds out the usual suspects of future-tech: cloud computing, geolocative services, service-anywhere and facial recognition, to name a few. The last one tweaks my concerns … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged 2015, augmented reality, data harvesting, ethics, future-technology, Nokia, Privacy, Qualcomm, the digital sea | 5 Comments

Around the ARNet

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

This past month the specter of augmented reality, which in the past had been mostly research papers and speculation, has slowly been turning into real products. With a nice long three day weekend to relax, I thought I’d reflect on … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Industrial AR | Tagged augmented reality, Bruce Sterling, future-technology, iPhone, Layar, Lumus, Marshall Kirkpatrick, monocle, Nokia, Ori Inbar, Rouli Nir, the digital sea, Tish Shute, Ugo Trade, vuzix, Wikitude, yelp | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, AR Games, Augment This!, augmented reality, EyePet, future-technology, games alfresco, google, innovation, iPhone, Layar, Nokia, OS 3.1, papervision, PS3, Rouli, Seinichi Kanemura, SREngine, the digital sea, vista, Zugara | 7 Comments

Steal This Idea – Save the World

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Now that not one, but two AR browsers are out: Layar (first scooped by Games Alfresco/Augmented Times) and Nokia’s “Point and Find“; its time to get cracking. AR geospatial layers are a great way for non-profits and NGOs to help … Continue reading →

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ARt of Defense

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

I’m a huge fan of games: board, card, sports, computer, console or even just seeing who can throw a wad of paper into a trashcan. The promise of adding augmented reality to these games is one of the reasons I’m … Continue reading →