TweetA couple of years ago, when practically no one knew what augmented reality was, I put together a prediction about the future of augmented vision. A recent development from the leader in augmented vision, Vuzix, made me realize my prediction might not be far off. Engadget recently reported about the state of Vuzix’s AR vision …
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Maxcware AR Glasses Project
TweetA few months ago Staffan Dryselius made a splash on Team Hack-a-Day with his DIY data glasses. Since then he’s been working with a team to improve his design and would like to form a larger partnership with anyone interested in working on or owning a pair of AR glasses. Having a working HMD for augmented …
Three Reasons Why 3D TV and Movies Will Help Augmented Reality
TweetWhile we augmented reality aficionados would like to believe that AR has hit its stride, the nascent technology is no where near the level of 3D movies and TVs. This all may change in the future, but for now the 3D movement far outweighs AR. This isn’t so bad as I believe, and will try to …
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Vuzix Wrap 920AR Video Eyewear at CES 2010
TweetThe Vuzix Wrap 920AR aren’t the sexiest of specs, but they do perform the function of AR glasses. I got a chance to see this setup at ISMAR09 which they’re now showing at CES 2010. The specs for the glasses look like: The stereo camera pair delivers a single 1504 x 480 side-by-side image that …
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Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2009
TweetThe 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 the various smartphones in the second half. But those two generalities aren’t the only thing …
Whisper Deck: Voice Controlled Augmented Reality
TweetWonderful proof-of-concept integration of voice recognition, web search, and FLARToolkit on a Vuzix+ARCam HMD. Certainly makes me drool for a commercial see-through HMD with an iPhone/Android level of operating system. His system also points in the direction of voice-command for HMDs until we can get good motion detection. Go to Craig’s website for more information and …
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HMD Augmented Reality Display with Vuzix CamAR
TweetA workable HMD augmented reality unit is a major step forward for the technology. Once a see-through model is available, we can break out of the “magic lens” smartphone. However, a see-through HMD is still a couple of years away and until then we’ve got to make due with what’s currently available. Craig Kapp, a …
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The Augmented Reality Pop Quiz
TweetThink 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 comment section if you don’t use Twitter. Thanks to Rouli who helped me with some of the …
ISMAR09 HMD Review
TweetThe 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 their products and let you know if any of them have achieved augmented vision. Microvision – …
Playbox AR Fight Test
TweetSeeing this concept video made me sad that the Vuzix Wrap920 won’t see be see-through. This is the type of kinetic AR gaming that I’d love to play even in this simple form. I’m sure such games would evolve to make even LARP’ers cringe, fracturing down to thousands of strange fetishes played out in obscure games, …