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more about #augmentedreality more comments → Pope John Peeps II: When you buy a soft drink from a vending machine here, and all you get is diabetes. Zing ZANG! haha. Who says the economy is dead? Sometimes you do ... more » NorwoodIsMyHero: Why do the Japanese think this stuff is cool? more » peauproductions: awesome :) I supplied him with his cameras [peauproductions.com] more » Slyd3z: Apparently, Japanese females are obsessed with the word "kawaii" (cute). more » dimsum4u: That was pretty awesome..i love japan. more » Killjoy: Shades of Spook Country... has someone put a dead Lennon outside the Dakota yet? more » NorwoodIsMyHero: When I first read the "augmented reality" and "coke" in the headlines, I thought it was a different kind of coke. more » Segador: Here's the thing. I really, really wanted Avatar to be amazing. I really did. But from everything I've seen, it looks really bad. Like, a top-10 list ... more » iheartpie: That bestbuy link just comes back to this article ... How do these even work? I would my webcame be able to render a 3D interactive element? I'm as... more » undeadmachine: wow that is pretty cool. useless at this point, but very cool. cant wait to see board games and paper/dice rpg accessories use this tech in the future. more » TheSonOfKrypton: My Lord the Android status bar (up top) is cluttered as hell. #layarbailoutapp more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Bike paths? Please. All the money went towards unicorn paths. #layarbailoutapp more » FooSchnickens - BPH Free: Hah, I'ma check this out during my errands tomorrow. #layarbailoutapp more » OCEntertainment: The Future: Bet you never guessed it was made out of cardboard. #diylifehud more » Lizard_King: This computer understands that channel locks are not mean to be used on thumbs, right? #ar more » -
#japan
Augmented Reality...Wait For It...Vending Machines!
America is so lame. When you buy a soft drink from a vending machine here, and all you get is diabetes. In Japan, however, you get the whole augmented reality experience. More » -
#magic
An Augmented Reality Projection Tracking System Actually Makes This Magician Seem Cool
Magicians seem to have fallen out of favor in recent years, but Marco Tempest, the "Virtual Magician" has something going that could change all of that: augmented reality. More » -
#augmentedreality
Dear New Layar 3.0: You Got Me at Beatles
The new big feature of Layar 3.0 is 3D objects. But what I like most is the new point of interest story-telling and guided tours. Especially the Beatles Tour in London, which leads you through 42 locations in the city. More » -
#augmentedreality
Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
There's just no escaping the Avatar marketing machine. Special bottle-shaped Coke Zero cans will soon hit the streets, and when held up to your Webcam, they'll make a controllable helicopter appear on screen. Take a look. More » -
#apps
Augmented Reality iPhone/Android App Tracks Where Government Bailout Dollars Went
Layar has a new augmented reality app function for iPhone and Android that'sdelightfullydepressingly topical: It'll let you see exactly where bailout money went, via recovery.gov, which is pretty sweet since you sort of own all that stuff! More » -
#howto
Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard
A cardboard box, sliced to pieces, taped together, fastened to a pair of work goggles, and capped off with an HTC Magic: this is what DIY augmented reality looks like, right now. More » -
#augmentedreality
Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics
It's like a real-life Starcraft perk for mechanics repairing armored vehicles: Marine mechanics assisted by augmented-reality goggles with a heads-up display repaired light armored vehicles up to 46 percent faster. More » -
#art
The Desperate Puppy in the Window, Digitized
Projected against a shop window in New York, Sniff is a 3D animated dog. He's just a computer-generated rendering, sure, but he's got personality—he reacts to your gestures, follows you around, and presented with a group, chooses favorites. More » -
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#iphoneapps
Android's Best Augmented Reality App Hits the iPhone
Layar, the first camera-based AR app to really blow us (or anyone) away, has quietly slipped into the App Store. As with the Android version, the app overlays all kinds of information onto a live view of the world around you. More » -
#iphoneapps
PewPewPew (With Your iPhone)
I don't really have to explain this one, do I? It's called iPew and it's 99 cents and it's got rockets and lasers and fire and bullets and it's awesome. [iTunes, Thanks Kevin!] -
#food
The Secret Ingredient Is
The confections look innocent enough—slightly geometric renditions of Vanilla Refrigerator Cookies from The Joy of Cooking. But hold these cookie markers under a webcam with some accompanying software, and you get this: More »LoveAugmented Reality -
#iphoneapps
Cyclopedia Augmented Reality iPhone App Drenches Your World In Wikipedia
App concepts don't get much simpler than this, or much cooler: Cyclopedia takes Wikipedia's tens of thousands of geotagged entries, and overlays them onto a live, compass-oriented view of your surroundings. More » -
#robots
Miruko Eyeball Robotic Eye: For Games, Surveillance, and Freaking Everyone Out
Miruko is a camera robot in the shape of an eyeball capable of tracking objects and faces. According to its creators, it can be used for augmented reality games, security, and navigation. According to me, it sucks people's souls. More » -
#confluxfestival
Conflux Festival's Augmented Reality Games, Gizmos Descend On NYC
Augmented reality golf game, played on New York City streets? Check. Fish-finding buoys that flash when the East River denizens swim near? Ditto. A 64-block chess game played with humans? Why yes, the Conflux Festival has that too. More » -
#robots
Man vs Machine: Deep Green Pool-Playing Robot Ready to Hustle
What IBM's Deep Blue computer is to Chess, Deep Green may soon be to the felt table. The impressive system of cameras and robotic gantries, from the computer vision lab at Queens University, is already at a "better-than-amateur level". More » -
#ps3
PlayStation Eye Research Paves the Way for Auto Generated Avatars, Augmented-Reality Porn
Sony Labs has demoed some advanced facial recognition that it's researching for the PlayStation Eye. The system figures-out gender, knows where you're facing, and even tracks mouth movement. And eventually, the tech will make its way into new PS3 games. More » -
#ps3
PlayStation Motion Controller: Behind the Scenes Part 2
In part one, Sony explained that next Spring's glowing wand will have rumble feedback. Here, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes the prototype was built using parts from Home Depot, and caused a stir with airport security. More » -
#cars
BMW's Augmented Reality Glasses Remake Mere Man Into Master Mechanic
If BMW's research labs have a say, future service staff will learn the intricacies of working on German cars through a pretty handy looking augmented reality interface. More » -
#augmentedreality
Reality-Augmenting Terminator Vision Contact Lenses Nearly Here (They're in This Bunny's Eye)
Amazing and terrifying all at once, reality augmenting contact lenses are nearly real. Like, they're almost here. Circuits and antennas and LEDs in a contact lens, generating virtual imagery, Predator style. In your eyeball. Or, this bunny's: More » -
#androidapps
Wikitude Drive Android App Does Turn-By-Turn, Augmented-Reality-Style
Mobilizy's Wikitude, an augmented reality app that overlays Wikipedia links onto your camera's viewfinder, is still one of the most amazing apps in the Android Market. Wikitude Drive, which does the same with turn-by-turn directions, does it one better. More »
