Augmented reality

A virtual Morrissey is on the loose in Google Earth

If you use Google Earth to look up the Salfords Lads Club in Manchester, England, you’ll find a famously coiffed squatter in this virtual world. Punch in “St Ignatius Walk, M5 3RX” on 3D Buildings mode and you’ll see a pixelated incarnation of Morrissey, The Smiths’ loud-mouthed pontificator, forever standing smugly. The building was featured…

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Artist repairs vandalized mural with giant QR code (that leads back to the pre-defaced artwork)

Here’s a scene I can see becoming increasingly more common as the decades wear on. After a street mural in Vancouver was defaced by an extremely uncreative would-be anarchist (top), somebody slapped a QR code over the half-assed tag (middle). The code leads back to a photo of the piece before it was defaced (bottom).…

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Intel Working on AR Chip, as Makers of Terminator Apps Rejoice

Embedded augmented reality-chip technology means we’ll finally start using AR for good instead of filling all the app stores with Predator, Terminator and Robocop camera overlay apps. Nah, I’m just kidding, it’s probably going to get worse. Reuters reports that Total Immersion marketing chief, Antoine Brachet, says that they’ve been working with Intel to bring…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Augmented Reality Navigation Displays in Your Windshield? Absolutely.

What if you’re driving down a dark road in the middle of the night and you have no idea where you are? Navigating twists and turns would suck. But what if your car could display all the relevant info in front of your eyes? According to Gizmag, True3D is a technology that wants to put…

Tech News Adrian Covert

If Apple Supports Augmented Reality, Will People Finally Care About Augmenting Their Reality?

However much weight big-names apps such as Layar throw behind augmented reality, it’s furtherest from my mind when I’m trying to find a location—and I imagine you’re the same. But with Apple Maps tipped to add it, will it finally take off? https://gizmodo.com/layar-steps-up-its-augmented-reality-app-with-twitter-a-5791152 A patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in February…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

In the comic book SVK, Warren Ellis writes his dialogue in invisible ink

SVK is the latest comic collaboration by Warren Ellis and artist Matt “D’Israeli” Brooker, who previously worked together on the cyberpunkish Lazarus Churchyard. This one-shot comic has been gaining press for a totally unabashed gimmick: it comes packaged with a handheld UV light device that allows the reader to discover hidden dialogue bubbles rendered in…

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Ball Invasion Game Turns Your Walls Into A Battleground

Augmented reality is interesting, but that technology is way over-used in navigation and point-of-interest apps. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see a game like Ball Invasion and developers like 13th Lab who use AR in a new and exciting way. On the surface, Ball Invasion is a simple ball-shooting game that uses your surroundings…

Tech News Kelly

Now you can buy groceries using augmented reality, in South Korean subway stations

First South Korea decided to remove inefficient non-electronic textbooks by 2015. And now they have created the first successful augmented reality supermarket chains in subways. Called E-Marts, these virtual stores are stocked by supermarkets like European grocery store giant Tesco and Home Plus – but they sell their goods via glowing pictures on subway platforms.…

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If These Vuzix Star 1200 Glasses Are Any Indication, Augmented Reality Eyewear Is Almost Usable

Vuzix has been playing around with augmented reality for awhile now, and the Star 1200 AR glasses are their most realized implementation of the technology yet, thanks to see-through display technology, a 1080p camera and stereoscopic 3D capabilities. https://gizmodo.com/vuzixs-camar-augmented-reality-headset-provides-a-glimp-5184665 The Star 1200s have six motion tracking sensors, adjustable earphones and a 16:9 display resolution of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Augmented Reality Needs No Markers to Interfere With Your (Virtual) World

I don’t need to tell you how cool augmented reality is, but it’s definitely got some limitations (e.g., barcodes and markers). But Sony’s new SmartAR technology, which doesn’t rely on real-world markers, may put that issue to rest. Sony’s main win here is that this new technology tracks objects at a much higher speed than…

Tech News Max Behrman

This Augmented Reality Dashboard May Save You From Painfully Real Crashes

Currently, my dashboard is used for three things: speedometer checks, radio, and arhythmic hand drumming. Pioneer would like to change that, thank you very much, with a souped-up in-dash augmented reality system that shows you where lanes are, recognizes cars and traffic lights, and even knows the identity of some of local stores. The system—which…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Guy Takes His Love for the 3DS Too Far With the Augmented Reality Tattoo

Just one week after buying a 3DS, this guy felt compelled to get a tattoo on his wrist to commemorative his love for Nintendo’s latest plaything. Rather than a little sketch of Mario or Link, he got an augmented reality tatt that can be read by his 3DS, as you can see in the video…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Augmented reality app for librarians instantly shows which books are misfiled

E-books, iPads and Kindles may be the way of the future, but most of the world’s knowledge is still stored in millions of good old paper books on library shelves. So researchers at Miami University have created an augmented reality app that makes all those books easier to organize. ShelvAR instantly analyzes an entire shelf,…

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Layar Steps Up its Augmented Reality App With Twitter and Facebook

Liked something you’ve seen on Layar? The 5.0 update lets people share screenshots to Twitter or Facebook, and also brings along animated 3D effects for some of the augmented reality stuff. Check out the new updated version for iPhone or Android now, for free. [Layar via The Phone Scoop via BGR]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Toys With Swappable Parts Use Augmented Reality For Different Personalities

These are so cute—much cuter than the Halfsies from a few years ago. The addition of augmented reality means each toy—or Suwappu, as they’ve been called—interacts with its environment differently, depending on which body part is attached. The head of the Suwappu has the personality, with the lower-half determining the environment. When viewed with an…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Augmented reality weather helmet allows you to turn a sunny day into a snowstorm

Do you hate the idea of all the lovely spring weather coming just around the bend? Then don Magic Vision Lab’s augmented reality weather-changing helmet. All your bucolic spring days can now be filled with sleet and misery. Says Magic Vision Labs of the helmet: ARWeather, a simulation application, […] can simulate three types of…

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Nintendo 3DS Boxes Will Contain Six Augmented Reality Cards for Mini-Games

Along with the charger, manual and 3DS, Nintendo’s next packaging will have a little something extra—six cards with popular Ninty characters’ likenesses depicted. These aren’t just for sticking on your fridge door, oh no no no. Hold the 3DS camera up in front of them when playing one of the bundled AR games, and they’ll…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Route 66 Brings Augmented Reality to Android GPS Navigation

Route 66’s implementation of Augmented Reality into GPS navigation for Android devices is fantastic. Using the camera on your dash-mounted, android smartphone or tablet, the Route 66 Maps + Navigation app will display the road ahead of you and place a 3D car in the picture that shows you exactly how to navigate the roads…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Pew: Shoot Down TIE Fighters in Star Wars’ $5 Augmented Reality iPhone App

Blast TIE Fighters out of your very own backgarden—and this time, you don’t even have to imagine it! The Falcon Runner iPhone app had us nerding out on it earlier this month, but it’s finally available today. https://gizmodo.com/tie-fighters-invade-your-city-5679566 The first Star Wars game to ever use augmented reality is only compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Hasbro Reinvents the Viewmaster…With An iPhone

Take one look at the new “My3D” from Hasbro and tell me that’s not just a simple stereoscopic imager with a slot for an iPhone at the end—it’s a Viewmaster with apps and augmented reality! According to the AP, the new $30 kit will include apps that allow for 3D motion tracking. That means with…

Tech News Joel Johnson

A virtual Morrissey is on the loose in Google Earth

Artist repairs vandalized mural with giant QR code (that leads back to the pre-defaced artwork)

Intel Working on AR Chip, as Makers of Terminator Apps Rejoice

Augmented Reality Navigation Displays in Your Windshield? Absolutely.

If Apple Supports Augmented Reality, Will People Finally Care About Augmenting Their Reality?

In the comic book SVK, Warren Ellis writes his dialogue in invisible ink

Ball Invasion Game Turns Your Walls Into A Battleground

Now you can buy groceries using augmented reality, in South Korean subway stations

If These Vuzix Star 1200 Glasses Are Any Indication, Augmented Reality Eyewear Is Almost Usable

This Augmented Reality Needs No Markers to Interfere With Your (Virtual) World

This Augmented Reality Dashboard May Save You From Painfully Real Crashes

Guy Takes His Love for the 3DS Too Far With the Augmented Reality Tattoo

Augmented reality app for librarians instantly shows which books are misfiled

Layar Steps Up its Augmented Reality App With Twitter and Facebook

Toys With Swappable Parts Use Augmented Reality For Different Personalities

Augmented reality weather helmet allows you to turn a sunny day into a snowstorm

Nintendo 3DS Boxes Will Contain Six Augmented Reality Cards for Mini-Games

Route 66 Brings Augmented Reality to Android GPS Navigation

Pew: Shoot Down TIE Fighters in Star Wars’ $5 Augmented Reality iPhone App

Hasbro Reinvents the Viewmaster…With An iPhone

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