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  • Mixed Pickles and AR Potpourri

    toby
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:47 am
    Hey there, seems like after a great AR summer and lots of news in late late summer, yielding and climaxing in the great ISMAR in Florida, we finally hit the summer slump for AR in 2009. Mostly new ads are popping up and some minor issues, but no revolution these days (well, it can’t happen all the time! ;-)). So I just wanted to update you on a few things I followed and like to share to pass the time between Thanksgiving’s and Santa Claus’: Digital Binocular The team at MindSpaceSolutions completed a great version of the augmented binocular idea. You might have seen this…

  • junaio online at AppStore

    toby
    11 Nov 2009 | 12:16 pm
    Just a short note. Today, metaio relaunched their website for their mobile social browser called junaio and made the app available in Apple’s AppStore. From metaio’s press release: junaio is a mobile and online platform that lets users create, explore and share information in a completely new way using augmented reality and location-based content. Users can place 3D objects, Twitter messages or websites into the real world and then share their creations with friends through social networks such as Facebook. As I reported earlier, junaio integrates with existing social websites,…

  • Mobile Augmented Reality at HITLab NZ

    toby
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:48 am
    Just wanted to point you to another demonstration of mobile augmented reality explained. New Zealand radio station Alpha96.1 did a short feature on the HITLab, who are researching in AR for a long time now. The clip is a short insight for any newbie to AR and they talk about the usage of AR on mobile phones. Due to my recent interview with German computer magazine PcPraxis on mobile AR I thought I post this as a kick-off for freshmen. Actually, I consider this presentation seen at Alpha96.1 a bit scary, especially the last seconds: do we really want to see people running around, checking men…

  • The new AR social mobile browser - junaio beta starting!

    toby
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:17 am
    Metaio just sent our their new newsletter, introducing the beta for junaio, their to-be-launched social networking mobile AR browser. Official release will be November, 2nd, but from today on you can take a closer look on their new product on their website and on youtube. Augment your snapshots with 2D and 3D characters or find your way using this mobile guide on your iphone. For what you can see in the video (and what I’ve seen live at metaio’s fair) it is a location-based AR browser, combined with a 3D overlay plus (new to all AR browsers) the social component. I’m…

  • The cheapest HMD/VR goggles ever built!

    toby
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:49 am
    Check out the cheapest head mounted display (HMD) available TODAY! The best and fastest way to get total immersion, 100% compatible with your smartphone. Robust, available today, environment-friendly and upgradeable easily! Don’t wait for 2010 or 2011! DIY now! So much for a Tuesday geeky fun post. Just thought, I’d share this. :-) Back to reality now…
 
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  • If Augmented Reality, Then Perform!

    augmentedblog
    9 Nov 2009 | 6:33 am
    In the last months I have seen so many AR “campaigns” that I can not list them here – anyway there might be a list with the top 10 top 50 lists out there. Quite a few gave me “kinglike content”, “a unique (gaming) interaction / sharing function” or “at least a stable and robust AR product experience”. Thus I wouldn´t have a too long list because most of them are underperforming in some or all the essential and crucial criteria a good AR marketing measure is made off. And last but not least: the optical reference is created especially for…

  • Vote For junaio At Mashable`s Open Web Awards

    augmentedblog
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:27 am
    Come on, you faithfull fellas. Vote for Nominate junaio, spread the word! So all you beta testers out there – if you liked it, go for it. And when the app is finally out in the store, well, you´re welcome to join in untill November 19th And please find the author of this blog now also at the junaio blog

  • Do Good Research And Talk About It

    augmentedblog
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:12 am
    As we are part of the research project AVILUS, which is funded by the german federal government, with the goal to develop, evaluate and implement virtual and augmented reality techniques to various industries, we were also part of the new media project by the federal ministry for education and research. The goal is to make the reserach in germany more visible. Said and done, here is the (german only) video. Please take special notice of the 3D tracking part starting at timecode 2.30! http://www.ideen-zuenden.de/de/857.php

  • From Metropolis* To Interactive Websites

    augmentedblog
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:15 am
    BUZZIN MONKEY, die agentour and metaio were once again successful with the „World premiere of the new MINI Convertible” and have won an ANIMAGO Award  2009 – one of the most renowned CG awards in Europe. Blending 3D data onto a print ad with augmented reality convinced the jury in the category “Best interactive production”. The price was handed out at the ANIMAGO Conference in the FX-center of the Babelsberg Studios on Thursday evening. It was nice and inspiring to be on the conference and on stage with Paul Kanyuk a technical director of Pixar or Tim Borgmann from…

  • aio junaio junaio junaio junaio jun

    augmentedblog
    28 Oct 2009 | 5:59 am
    By the way: To follow junaio, follow my charming colleague Danika on www.twitter.com/twitt_AR To see what´s happening on the new stage for mobile augmented reality and behind the scenes, go check out the all new http://junaio.wordpress.com And finally, kind of a home story about some AR players can be found here: http://www.ugotrade.com/2009/10/24/ismar-2009-an-augmented-reality-top-chef-coopetition/
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  • ARScope: Augmented Reality Through the Crystal Ball

    rouli
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm
    ARScope originally Presented at SIGGRAPH 2008 by the University of Tokyo (yes, the guys behind ARForce), is obviously not a new concept. However, as far as I can see, it got only little coverage at the time, and certainly deserves our attention. ARScope is an interesting combination of old world metaphors such as a magnifying glass and a crystal ball, head mounted display and projected AR. The user holds a handheld device covered by reflective material, on which an image is projected from a micro-projector the user wears on his head. Two cameras, one on the handheld device and one on the…

  • Spads and Fokkers – Brainy AR

    rouli
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:46 pm
    I always enjoy featuring a hobbyist augmented reality project, and Davide Byron’s (aka @Need2Revolt) game “Spads and Fokkers” is especially pleasing. On the face of it, it doesn’t look anything special, two virtual planes having a dog fight, using a marker for easy augmented reality: The twist is in the method the user may exploit in order to control the planes, using a brain-computer interface. Writes Byron: As for the control mechanism, we actually have some devices that are able to read brianwaves and infere what the user is thinking about, so the choice was easy.

  • A Bit of Microsoft AR

    rouli
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am
    In a striking coincidence last Friday brought two little tidbits showing Microsoft’s interest with augmented reality. First, TechFlash had a Q&A session with Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer. Here’s Mundie on AR: Q: Another technology that you’ve talked about in the past, and shown, is the idea of augmented reality — overlaying data on top of the real world, as people experience it. Are you expecting that to come more into the marketplace now, and do you expect Microsoft to offer products along those lines? Mundie: I do believe that…

  • Weekly Linkfest

    rouli
    15 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    Here are some more augmented reality news stories that happened this week: MIT’s Sixth Sense to be open-sourced. Well, I know most don’t see any future in projector enabled augmented reality, yet there’s more to Sixth Sense than a projector (gesture recognition, image recognition), and it’s a lot more feasible than see-through HMD AR at this stage, so quite exciting news. Augmented Planet has started doing a head to head comparison of the different AR browsers out there. Rumor has it that round two features very surprising results. More from Augmented Planet –…

  • Bionic Eye Resurfaces as Fire Fighter in new Augmented Reality Game for the iPhone

    Ori Inbar
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:56 pm
    Presselite announces new AR iPhone game: Our new project has been revealed today, we are very proud to announce a new Augmented Reality game called Firefighter 360 for the iPhone 3GS. We actually used our Augmented Reality engine developed for Bionic Eye application to create this little game. In this life-saving fire-person shooter, you play as a firefighter, rather than gunning down enemies, you will have to douse virtual flames spreading very fast in your real environment. As you physically turn around 360 degrees with your iPhone, you have to methodically extinguish the flames you see,…
 
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  • ARScope: Augmented Reality Through the Crystal Ball

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    ARScope originally Presented at SIGGRAPH 2008 by the University of Tokyo (yes, the guys behind ARForce), is obviously not a new concept. However, as far as I can see, it got only little coverage at the time, and certainly deserves our attention.ARScope is an interesting combination of old world metaphors such as a magnifying glass and a crystal ball, head mounted display and projected AR. The user holds a handheld device covered by reflective material, on which an image is projected from a micro-projector the user wears on his head. Two cameras, one on the handheld device and one on the…

  • Spads and Fokkers - Brainy AR

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:08 pm
    I always enjoy featuring a hobbyist augmented reality project, and Davide Byron's (aka @Need2Revolt) game "Spads and Fokkers" is especially pleasing. On the face of it, it doesn't look anything special, two virtual planes having a dog fight, using a marker for easy augmented reality: The twist is in the method the user may exploit in order to control the planes, using a brain-computer interface. Writes Byron:As for the control mechanism, we actually have some devices that are able to read brianwaves and infere what the user is thinking about, so the choice was easy. The newest and most…

  • Weekly Linkfest

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am
    Here are some more augmented reality news stories that happened this week:MIT's Sixth Sense to be open-sourced. Well, I know most don't see any future in projector enabled augmented reality, yet there's more to Sixth Sense than a projector (gesture recognition, image recognition), and it's a lot more feasible than see-through HMD AR at this stage, so quite exciting news.Augmented Planet has started doing a head to head comparison of the different AR browsers out there. Rumor has it that round two features very surprising results.More from Augmented Planet - vote for your favorite AR…

  • Junaio

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    Metaio's Junaio is out.Since I still don't have an iPhone 3gs (damn you job-place, you've promised me one for the past six months!), I can't tell much more than what have already been said:Junaio on Games AlfrescoJunaio on Augmented PlanetJunaio on TechCrunchOver all the reviews are very positive, and since it's free you can't lose. iTunes link here.

  • New Video for ARForce

    11 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    Back when my blog had just a few visitors (only nine months ago), I wrote about ARForce. In a nutshell, ARForce is a concept input device that harness infrared to create something akin to a 3d multitouch marker. Luckily, Tokyo University, which is behind ARForce, has just uploaded a new video demoing the use of ARForce is several scenarios, so this cool concept will gain larger exposure: You can find more details, and another video of this device on my original post, or go directly to the project's homepage.
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  • Interesting article, interesting misquote …

    blair
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:14 pm
    If I look at the misquote in this article, I’m struck by what a difference a small concept makes.  I’m quoted in the article as saying “When the graphics effectively align with specific parts of the real world and we get this tightly accurate form of augmented reality, people start to really relate to their AR surroundings [the 3D images of the town and characters],” he claims. “They talk about the mixed space as if it actually existed and was theirs, rather than just a gaming platform.” which is very odd sounding to me;  what I actually would have said is something like…

  • Some thoughts on AR

    blair
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm
    Over the last few months, I’ve talked to countless reporters, and answered questions via phone and email. It occurred to me the other day that it might be good to start sharing some of these questions and answers here, so more people can see them; if I’m going to the trouble to explain AR and my views on it, why never put those ideas out there?   So, without further ado, here are some current thoughts on AR. Can you explain what augmented reality is? Augmented reality is a technique for presenting information to a person by blending it with their perception of the world around…

  • Has AR taken off? Is it finally here?

    blair
    23 Sep 2009 | 8:28 pm
    Looking back over the summer, it’s almost comical to re-read the sometimes-frenzied excitement at the possibility that the iPhone will support AR with OS 3.1. The possibility was exciting, even to those of us not trying to keep a small company afloat;  the idea that there would finally be a platform that would let us get our ideas, games and products to millions of eager customers was an unfamiliar feeling for those of us who have been doing AR for a (very long) while. And for the dozen or so small AR companies, surviving on contract work for movies web sites and eye-candy web…

  • USPS uses AR for … real?

    blair
    26 May 2009 | 7:25 pm
    Ok, this is cute.  I wish I thought of it.  A use of FLAR (Flash AR) for something … almost useful?  And, most ironic of all, it’s by the US Postal Service!  I’m almost giddy!

  • Finally, an AR game coming to the DSi?

    blair
    26 May 2009 | 1:41 pm
    It looks like someone may actually make an AR game for the DSi;  the GhostWire game that someone created on the Nokia phone is now going to be ported to the DSi. Click here to view the embedded video. Some folks would say this is not “really” AR, since the graphics (ghosts) are not tightly, accurately, spatially registered with the world.  Normally, I would agree;  as is obviously from my work and other posts, I think it is important to distinguish between different kinds of systems that relate the physical and virtual worlds, because different approaches have different…
 
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  • ISMAR, ISMAR, ISMAR… Where to start…

    bzerk
    24 Oct 2009 | 7:08 pm
    First, thank you to the awesome people, especially Sean White of Columbia University, who helped make it possible for me to be there. Right now I”m just going to give you the beginning of my takeaway. The paper that resonated most with my basic desire to see the big platform problems handled first was “Global Pose Estimation using Multi-Sensor Fusion for Outdoor Augmented Reality” by Gerhard Schall, Daniel Wagner, Gerhard Reitmayr, Elise Taichmann, Manfred Wieser, Dieter Schmalstieg, and Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, all out of TU Graz, Austria, with the exception Mr.

  • ISMAR

    bzerk
    18 Oct 2009 | 7:16 am
    After having my cab get rear-ended on the way to JFK, and sitting on the runway for half an hour in a plane full of crying and whining kids, I’m finally in the air on the way to Orlando for ISMAR. Unfortunately it is sans a mature demo. I wasn’t able to get a built set of my hardware sent to Seac02 in time for them to integrate it. Actually, it’s because I got a bit distracted by my new job, for which I was out at Ames, week before last, assisting with a set of tests in the Vertical Motion Simulator. I know ISMAR is a big deal, but one doesn’t get many chances to play…

  • A Conversation With Paul Travers of Vuzix

    bzerk
    1 Oct 2009 | 6:10 pm
    I just had a very interesting conversation with Paul Travers, CEO of Vuzix. Paul explained several things to me, including that it was a mistake on their part to keep a name so similar to the AV920 Wrap when creating the Wrap 920. The Wrap product line is distinct from those previously shown, including the AV920 Wrap. There is no denying that the pictures of the Wrap series now posted on the Vuzix website do suggest that, when it is released, it will be far and away the most attractive looking “video eyewear” device to be brought to market. Paul also confirmed that there will be a…

  • See-Through HMD for Consumers Further Off Than Expected

    bzerk
    30 Sep 2009 | 2:03 pm
    Note: When you’re done reading this, please see my followup post. Today we have received confirmation from Vuzix CEO Paul Travers that the highly anticipated Vuzix Wrap 920, previously known as the AV920 Wrap, will not, in fact, be a see-through head-mounted display (HMD). It will instead be a “see-around” model. This means that the LCD viewing elements will be opaque, as in previous models, but will be suspended behind a sunglasses-style lens without obstructing the peripheral view around the display. In previous HMD devices this wasn’t generally the case because one…

  • AR Consortium, ARML Spec, Layar 3D

    bzerk
    22 Sep 2009 | 9:13 am
    Lots of big AR news these days. Where to start? Well, there are two big ones today so far: Robert Rice and Mobilizy are proposing an ARML Specification for mobile AR browsers to the newly formed AR Consortium. The Consortium, with its distinguished list of members, is big news in and of itself. I really, truly hope that Layar chooses to get on board with this. As the other widely recognized player in the mobile AR Browser game so far, I fear they may have the power to make or break this standard. Between the endorsement of Rice (and so, presumably, Neogence), and adoption by Layar and…
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  • Augmented Reality In One Hour

    lesterm
    21 Nov 2009 | 5:46 am
    A couple of weeks back O’Reilly hosted a webcast on augmented reality. The speaker was Chetan Damani CEO and Founder of acrossair who gave his take on what mobile augmented reality is and the future of acrossair including an update on new products. Chetan also talks about the choices in selecting a platform and his plans for porting applications over to Android. It’s an interesting talk, the Q&A at the end has lots of questions on where the data comes from and how to manage the presentation of lots of data on the screen. So if you are planning on building an augmented reality…

  • WorkSnug For The iPhone First Look

    lesterm
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    WorkSnug for the iPhone has hit the appstore so here are the results of the first look. WorkSnug in case you don’t know is an augmented realty application that helps you find a place to remote work in London. WorkSnug goes beyond just pointing you to the nearest coffee shop that has free wireless access as the team have actually visited many of the locations and rated them for noise levels (no one wants to work in a really noise environment) as well as useful information like the availability of plug sockets so you’ll never be without power. You can switch the search between all…

  • Some Cool Educational AR Demos

    lesterm
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:37 am
    We hear all the time about how augmented reality is going to change our lives and bring the education experience to life. Everything from changing our printed books by including rich interactive multimedia to the way we experience a trip to the museum. Proving education can be fun, New Zealand based company, MindSpace Solutions Limited have some really engaging marker based demos that are well worth a look. A couple of my favourites are: Explore a Human Heart which has some really nice effects. Using five markers, four of which represent a piece of the heart while the fifth provides…

  • Yell The Next AR Browser?

    lesterm
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:22 pm
    At last weeks Augmented Planet meet-up in London one of my predictions was we will see an influx of augmented reality browsers up until Apple open up the camera API and the focus shifts to markers and doing interesting things with the camera feed. Until then everyone that has a directory service or a product that provides location data will want to get in on the augmented reality hype and add AR to their product. It’s not a bad thing, if I had a server full of restaurant reviews or other useful location aware titbit’s you could bet I’d be working on an iPhone app and trying…

  • AR Browsers Head To Head – Test 2

    lesterm
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    Whereas part 1 of the head to head challenge focused on finding food, part 2 of the augmented reality browser head to head challenge focuses on using the browsers to find more information about your surroundings. The scenario is you are travelling and you see something of interest, can an augmented reality browser tell you what it is? About the test The test took place in London along the River Thames. I tested 3 augmented reality applications: Wikitude’s Qype and Wikipedia search Layar’s Wikipedia and the Unlike Global Guide layer from Unlike Media Limited Robotvision’s default…
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  • United States Of Pop Video….

    matt
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm
    Was just turned onto this video in a meeting less than an hour ago…unreal and one of the best audio/video edits I’ve ever seen…DJ Earworm out of San Francisco edits top pop videos together for a rather unique mix…

  • What’s New In Interactive Video – 11/17/09

    Zugara
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pm
    Cablevision Adds Search To TV Listings Tinychat Launches Live Video Streaming Portal To Take On Ustream And Stickam YouTube Debuts Holiday Solutions Channel (With Target) Networks & Their Fear & Loathing Of Hulu Brightcove 4 Adds Support For The iPhone, Facebook, Live Video, And More 5 Important Web Video Lessons for Small Business Owners NewTeeVee Live: Will Broadband TVs Connect With Consumers? NewTeeVee Live: How Obama, CNN and Facebook Brought Change to Social TV Where did she get that coat? Utvee turns tagging TV shows into revenue Could this finally be the season for Web TV?

  • Shakira Just Became Social TV’s Latest Advocate…

    matt
    16 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    Via an earlier Techcrunch article, Shakira just livestreamed her latest music video via Ustream and Facebook.  This is another major artist helping to validate both Social TV and the livestream format.  I’m sure U2’s recent live concert on YouTube made this decision easier (10 million streams might do that), but 2009 is definitely shaping up to be the year the masses started embracing Social TV – at least online.  What will be interesting is to see how Traditional Media tries to screw this up… Live video chat by Ustream

  • What’s New In Social Media – 11/12/2009

    Zugara
    12 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    So, ads on social networks don’t drive clickthroughs… unlike billboards. Use of social technologies at the Enterprise level is soaring. 53% of consumers plan to use social media to research holiday gift ideas. Gen Y females see online friends, bloggers, and anonymous online reviewers as part of their “peer group” when shopping. Could geo-location help make Tweets more meaningful, and navigable?

  • What’s New in Mobile Marketing – 11/11/09

    Zugara
    11 Nov 2009 | 4:09 pm
    Google Buys AdMob in Bid to Boost Mobile Ads Tips for making your mobile app a success Bump Goes Cross-Platform With New Android App; Upgrades iPhone Version Too Sparkz iPhone dock projector: Expensive and small Vimeo begins to play nice with iPhone, Android devices Cough into your cell phone, not your sleeve First worm to infect iPhone is on the loose Top-Grossing iPhone Apps: Doom, Red Alert Challenge Rock Band Android 2.0 Introduces Improvements for Mobile Video
 
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  • Twitter Lists & AR Peeps

    Chris
    1 Nov 2009 | 10:33 pm
    The amount of client work I’ve had over the last several months has monopolized most of my time, and I’ve found myself micro-blogging on Twitter more than the in-depth articles I write here at GigantiCo. About two weeks ago Twitter began rolling-out “lists” to a small group of users to beta test. I was notified that I was chosen for one of these pre-launch accounts. I went about setting up a variety of lists, most notably one for Twitter accounts related to Augmented Reality — companies with related technology, bloggers, programmers, hardware, software —…

  • Long Live the QR Code

    Chris
    29 Sep 2009 | 8:17 pm
    This is written is response to an article by Dan Neumann, Emerging Platforms Strategist at Organic, titled “RIP: Why We Don’t Need QR Code Campaigns.” Some Background QR Codes are a form of 2D barcoding technology widely used in Asia, especially Japan, as well as parts of Europe. These codes are placed on printed marketing materials, and when a user points the camera on their phone at the code and clicks, the phone reads the barcode and takes the user to a website (they are also widely used for things like phone numbers, digital coupons, and the like). Despite many years of…

  • Eye for an iPhone

    Chris
    20 Sep 2009 | 2:09 pm
    This article picks up from my last piece, “Terminator Vision.” Eyeglasses, as we know them today, have been around for about 800 years, give or take. In-eye lenses, for just over a hundred and modern contact lens for about 50. In our time of exponential technological advancement I don’t expect to wait half a century for this technology to mature, but we’re going to see augmented reality optics in a form-factor similar to eyeglasses long before we’re placing them directly onto our cornea. I do, however, believe that the “through the looking glass”…

  • Terminator Vision

    Chris
    19 Sep 2009 | 9:39 pm
    I’ve just witnessed one of the fastest meme-burns I’ve ever seen. I learned about these video contact lenses from a New York Times article posted to Kurzweil AI back in April (And Washington University’s original press release dropped on January 17th.). I confess, I even tweeted this story myself back in June (while attending CAT, in response to a comment made by Mike Geiger). But the story laid dormant for most of the last six or seven months. Until a few weeks ago when IEEE Sprectrum did an in depth, four page story on the technology that was picked up by Dana Oshiro at…

  • H+ Magazine, Issue 4

    Chris
    12 Sep 2009 | 10:28 am
    I interviewed artist Sophie Kahn for the Fall 2009 issue of H+ Magazine. The new issue is now available to download. This is also the first issue with national print distribution. You should be able to pick it up soon at magazine shops and booksellers nationwide. Congratulations to Ken Goffman (aka. R.U. Sirius) for the success of this venture. It is the right magazine at the right time and is really taking off. You can also read additional articles at the online edition, and join the H+ Community, the H+ Magazine Facebook group, and follow H+ on Twitter. Source: PDF: H+ Magazine | Fall 2009…
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  • Testing a new descriptor.

    mirror2image
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:01 am
    Trying a new descriptor, inspired by SURF and SIFT. Want to use gradient instead of Haar transforms of intensity, but with less dimensionality than SURF. Also don’t need rotation/scale invariance, because using incremental tracking.

  • Learning mathematics is good for the soul

    mirror2image
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    At The n-Category Café David Corfield is talking about mathematical emotions. This is about ‘emotions belonging to mathematical thinking’, specific feeling related to mathematical intuition, meaning and sense of the rightness. In the end he is referencing to spiritual motivation of mathematics. From myself I add that those thoughts are closely related to the last book of Neal Stephenson – Anathem

  • What I would say to Nokia about mobile AR (if it would listen)

    mirror2image
    10 Nov 2009 | 4:26 am
    #augmentedreality I have been struck off the list of the Nokia Augmented Reality co-creation session, so here is a gist of what I was intending to say about AR-friendly mobile devices. I will not repeat obvious here (requirements for CPU, FPU, RAM etc.) but concentrate on things which are often missed. I. Hardware side 1. Battery life is the most important thing here. AR applications are eating battery extremely fast – full CPU load, memory access, working camera and on top of it wireless data access, GPS and e-compass. It’s not realistic to expect dramatic improvement in the…

  • Fake Style at Cosmic Variance

    mirror2image
    3 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm
    From comments to Fake Stile Ahmed say: …. - It is not always clear what emotions the author is trying to communicate, and that sucks. Smileys/emoticons can help here. For e.g., “This is problematic ” can mean the problem is finally resolving some bigger issue. “This confirms X ” means a problem is persisting. The smileys will serve as guiding points in the storyline of a paper, so we don’t have to read all of it. Moving from style to more general regulations: - Every paper not within the technical grasp of a good undergrad in physics/math/similar should be accompanied with a…

  • Symbian Signed again.

    mirror2image
    29 Oct 2009 | 8:07 am
    A discussion is going on at the symbian.org. It looks like a new symbain signed rules are in the work (my guess they will be implemented no earlier than symbian^4). Symbian signed may become cheaper and a new class of publisher ID may become available for anyone with a credit card.
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  • Virtual Sandbox (Sim City Meets Augmented Reality)

    Tom Carpenter
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am
    A group of students at the National University of Singapore has developed an AR game similar to Sim City using VRML and ARToolKit. Virtual Sandbox is an educational software targeted at kids between the ages of 4-6. It provides children with an interactive learning environment for the learning of English vocabulary. By combining the concepts of Sim City, Flash Cards and Augmented Reality technology, we demonstrate how the bene?ts of both tangible and non-tangible interactions can be merged to create a fun, game-like learning experience for young children. As a University project it gets high…

  • Interactive Entertainment using Augmented Reality

    Tom Carpenter
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:57 pm
    The use of augmented reality in our daily lives is still a few years away.  The technology and business model hasn’t yet reached the point where it’s cheap enough for the masses.  The entertainment business is a different story as they’ve been using augmented reality for some time now.  My eyes were opened during the keynote speech at ISMAR09 by Mark Mine, a Walt Disney Imagineering Director.  They use AR in a variety of interesting and imaginative ways (well duh! they are Disney afterall.) “Magic sand” interactive experience using projections on top of sand…

  • Augmented Reality in Photo Booth

    Tom Carpenter
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:40 am
    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 programs already in their video chats.  And how long will it be until live feeds of celebrities are touched up with augmented reality to make them appear thinner?  Or fatter if they’re selling their gawker-snuff to TMZ?

  • Fashionista AR Dressing Room from Zugara

    Tom Carpenter
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Today RichRelevance and Zugara unveiled Fashionista, a social shopping experience using augmented reality on Tobi.  While they still have the dreaded marker (for setting spatial coordinates), the motion capture controls and usefulness of home shopping make up for its brief appearance.  SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RichRelevance™ and Zugara today unveiled Fashionista™, a new social shopping application that marries the benefits of the fitting room with the convenience of online shopping and the power of the social web. Launching in time for the holidays and available today…

  • My Experiences with Junaio

    Tom Carpenter
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:32 pm
    Last week I downloaded Junaio the new 3D augmented reality app from Metaio on my wife’s 3G iPhone.  Unfortunately, its not the newer iPhone so I couldn’t test the full capabilities of the app, but its nice that I can use the older model.  When I explained that the app, “added 3D models into pictures connected to a place,” to my eight-year-old daughter, she immediately wanted to help me test it.  The app was easy to load and figure out how to use and in a few short minutes we made this picture.  Nothing spectacular but now my daughter wanted to try.  She decided I…
 
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  • UM - International Festival for Experimental Intermedia

    Maria Palma
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:16 am
    UM, which means ONE in Portuguese, is Portugal’s International Festival for Experimental Inter-media. The one of its kind festival in Portugal includes exhibitions, workshops, talks, concerts, performances and public works, with internationally renowned artists, musicians, academics, designers and architects. It starts today and carries on till Sunday, the 15th of November. UM had its debut in 2008, and is back in 2009 for its 2nd edition. YDreams has always been a fan and supporter of the festival and is taking part this year as a commercial sponsor. For more about UM go to:…

  • ISMAR09 and the future of AR

    Antão Almada
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:19 am
    I had a great time at the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2009 (ISMAR09). I met lots of amazing and smart people. It’s great to see the faces and talk to people I’ve been following on blogs, twitter and videos. I’m an engineer so I like to know what makes AR “tick” but, nowadays I’ve been more interested in the interaction side of AR. The first couple of days I attended the “Science and Technology” sessions but, on the last two days, I decided to check the “Arts, Media and Humanities” sessions. My first reaction to the “Arts, Media and…

  • YDreams and Green Vision Media Host Event to Officialize Partnership and Launch ‘James’

    Maria Palma
    16 Oct 2009 | 8:00 am
    Yesterday, YDreams and Montreal-based Green Vision Media hosted an event at YDreams’ Lisbon HQ to celebrate their new partnership and the launch of James Version 2.0 ™. James was conceived as a personal mobile concierge service for guests to explore hotel facilities as well as the city they are visiting. Availabe in several different languages James lets you explore hotel amenities that range from restaurants and their menus to gyms and spas. You can also make reservations on the fly, send digital postcards and explore city highlights, anytime and anywhere. The application runs on…

  • Augmented Reality added value

    Antão Almada
    12 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am
    I recently wrote about what technically Augmented Reality (AR) is all about and, this time, I’d like to express my opinion on the user experience and interactivity (or lack of it) of current AR applications. Although AR has been around for a long time, its applications have been limited to controlled spaces and are usually costly. Only recently, thanks to the rapid evolution of computers and cellular phones, the general public has had the chance to try it out. The release of FLARToolKit, an open-source port of ARToolKit to AS3, made this technology available to any Flash developer. It…

  • What really is Augmented Reality?

    Antão Almada
    2 Oct 2009 | 7:20 am
    Augmented Reality (AR) has been all over the web recently, but is everybody talking about the same thing? Is everybody talking about the whole scope of AR or just a subset? Even inside YDreams we disagree on some of this…Wikipedia, while not the holder of the ultimate truth, is a good place to start from. The AR definition, as of 9/30/2009 15:11 (UTC), is the following: “Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with-, or augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery - creating a mixed…
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  • ARScope

    dieGopen
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 am
    See-through Displaying Method for Markerless Augmented Reality ARScope is a novel interface for various applications of augmented reality. A superimposed image is projected by a head-mounted projector onto a hand-held device covered with retro-reflective material. The background image is transformed into an image that is suitable for the user’s current viewpoint without the use of markers or a head-tracking device. source: http://projects.tachilab.org/ARScope/ No related posts.

  • Interactive product catalogue

    dieGopen
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am
    duo schreib & spiel No related posts.

  • AR Mobile Browsers War

    dieGopen
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    We are building a list with all the GPS AR Browsers we know and their features. If we missed some of them down here, please make us notice it. In the mid while, here’s a poll. What’s your choice? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Related posts:Layar 2.0 have landedAR Mobile: A bag full of smoke?“junaio” New AR Mobile platform

  • Augmented Reality Face Tracking by Xcel Energy

    dieGopen
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am
    Augmented Reality face tracking at Hockey Stadium in Minneapolis by Xcel Energy. Related posts:Indoor – Outdoor panorama trackingLego Augmented RealityFLARToolkit and Augmented Reality

  • Fashionista Virtual Dressing Room

    dieGopen
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:34 am
    Augmented Reality Shopper made in Zugara and RichRelevance We are always looking for new and fun ways to make shopping with us more personal. If you’ve ever wondered, “How will this look on me?” We’ve got you covered! Grab your webcam and visit this virtual dressing room to try on hundreds of their dresses. This feature will simply overlay dresses onto live video of you. Now, you can have your very own fashion show with the privacy and convenience of online shopping. Need a second opinion? Take a snapshot of yourself in your favorite dress and share it with friends on…
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  • B&T Awards 2009

    admin
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:17 pm
    We are proud to say that Boffswana is a finalist in the two categories it entered for the upcoming 2009 B&T Awards. • Emerging Agency of the Year • Digital Services Company Final round judging takes place Friday the 13th November with winners announced on December 4. Thanks to all our clients for the great opportunities in 2009.

  • Boffswana welcomes 3rd FWA!

    admin
    8 Sep 2009 | 7:54 pm
    “The FWA is an industry recognized award program, showcasing websites who use cutting edge technology, together with inspirational ideas, that lead the way for future generations.” - Rob Ford, FWA Principle. We have now received our 3rd FWA Site of the Day Award: Optus - Whale Song Awarded 9th September 2009 Other awarded sites: www.livingsasquatch.com for Carmichael Lynch www.saveyoursensible.com for George Patterson Y&R

  • AR - Sketched Ideas

    admin
    26 Aug 2009 | 10:46 pm
    The Laboratory is where we place technical demonstrations and working models of things we are playing with which you are welcome to use as thought starters. We have had lots of ideas lately but no time to build them - so we have posted a series of rough sketches. • Bring products to life • Bring packaging to life • Use a symbol to create a product demonstration • To play a track or a video from a CD in store • Replace a kids meal toy with 3D • Add value to sales promotions • Add information to tickets • “Where am I sitting” • “Where is the nearest…

  • Sean Kingston - AR Karaoke

    admin
    25 Aug 2009 | 5:42 pm
    Project: Sean Kingston Augmented Reality Karaoke Client: Sony Music Entertainment, New York http://www.seankingston.com/virtual-sean The opportunity Boffswana was approached by Sony Music division Epic Records to create an Augmented Reality Karaoke experience for multi platinum recording artist Sean Kingston. The result is a new twist on Karaoke that allows fans to record themselves singing and dancing along with their very own virtual Sean singing “Fire Burning on the Dance”.  Fans get to choreograph Sean by choosing from some of his trademark moves in the Dance Move Library.

  • Wrigley - 5 Gum Sound Mixer

    admin
    2 Aug 2009 | 5:53 pm
    Project: 5 Gum Sound Mixer Client: Wrigley Agency: Exposure http://www.5gum.fr The opportunity Wrigley’s 5 Gum “Stimulates Your Senses” which was the core objective of the new www.5gum.fr website. The innovative site targets both the visual and auditory senses. Boffswana was engaged to create a site utilising Augmented Reality to enable users to listen and control various music tracks as a sound mixer. Once three base tracks have been selected, users can modify the audio being played through the simultaneous use of three controlling Glyphs. The glyphs are used as the input…
 
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  • Augmented Ribbons

    jamesalliban
    8 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm
    Here I’ve combined 2 reoccurring themes that run throughout my work – Augmented Reality and ribbons. It is an evolution of the particle trails code from AR Particle Beam. Initially I wanted to create a flocking effect for the ribbons, but didn’t quite get that far and ended up cheating. This will be the next step. Check back soon to interact with the application. And I should also be releasing the source for this at some stage in the near future. Posted in Actionscript, Augmented Reality, FLARToolkit, Flash, Papervision, particles, Ribbons

  • Upcoming sessions

    jamesalliban
    30 Oct 2009 | 5:58 am
    So I’ve got a pretty hectic schedule at the moment, including preparing a few presentations. Here are my upcoming speaking engagements: Augmented Planet London Meetup – 11/11/09 This will be a short talk on AR in FLash that will include a discussion on FLARToolkit with demos, and a brief dip into how easy it is to develop an AR application using FLARManager. Other speakers include digital artist Chis O’Shea, Mobile applications specialist, John Wyer and Myles Peyton from T-Immersion. It’s a free event but space is limited so reserve you place now. Go to…

  • Magazine articles

    jamesalliban
    21 Oct 2009 | 3:24 pm
    I’m proud to say that I was featured in 2 articles this month. One on Augmented reality for Brazillian magazine, Image, and a cover feature titled “Self-Marketing 3.0″ for German mag, Page. Huge thanks to Rafael Bucco and Verena Dauerer. Posted in article, magazine

  • Adobe MAX ‘09: An insider’s story

    jamesalliban
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:39 pm
    After the success of my Augmented Reality business card application I was fortunate enough to be invited to Adobe MAX 2009 in LA by the O’Reilly guys, to talk about my experiences with AR. Here are my impressions of the conference. The keynote kicked the conference off with a real bang. These initial talks are renowned for being fairly dull affairs but Adobe pulled out all the stops to make this one something to behold. It started with an incredible dance performance by one of Adobe’s charitable endeavours, the Peapod academy. A discussion on the developments of the Flash platform…

  • Adobe MAX Unconference files

    jamesalliban
    5 Oct 2009 | 2:53 pm
    As promised, here are the resources and source code from the Augmented Reality Unconference session I shared with Jesse Freeman. You can download the source files here. One of the projects uses the native FP10 3D capabilities. The other uses Papervision with a 3D model exported from Blender as a Papervision class that extends TriangleMesh. Thanks to Lee Daley for the model. Both are FDT projects that make use of FLARManager. Resouces. FLARManager – Wrapper library by Eric Socolofsky. Marker generator – Print out your marker and use this application to create the .pat file. Blender…
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  • AR3.0 – Augmented Reality Conceptual Framework

    Gianluigi Cuccureddu
    21 Nov 2009 | 7:13 am
    Augmented Reality 3.0 is a blog developed by Sean Lee, which created the conceptual framework AR3.0 Watch the video and read up the framework below: Augmented Reality 3.0 Framework Augmented Reality 1.0 (Layar) - One way interaction, information provider does not know the situation/location of user - Overlaying information; all presented at once (bunch of icon/info stacking on top of camera view) for user to look at the bigger picture of available information then choose what to take in - Info/reviews are regulated from specific domains; it is not presented in the form of live conversation -…

  • Dutch public broadcaster announces TV-on-demand service for Playstation 3

    Gianluigi Cuccureddu
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    The service named Catch-up TV is made available by the NOS, the Dutch public broadcaster making news and sports available for the Playstation 3. Playstation 3 owners in the Netherlands can download a free upgrade which enables the service for Catch-up TV. In a statement, Roeland Stekelenburg, head of New Media at the NOS: “The NOS Journaal is now available on a variety of mobile phones, internet, IPTV, cable networks, NetTV, a number of set-top boxes and now also on the PS3. We expect a lot from these new platforms and are anxious to learn how they will be received.” Sony Computer…

  • Updated definition of Mobile Marketing by the MMA

    Gianluigi Cuccureddu
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:20 am
    The MMA has ’significantly revised’ the definition of Mobile Marketing, as is written on their website, their new definition is: Mobile Marketing is a set of practices that enables organizations to communicate and engage with their audience in an interactive and relevant manner through any mobile device or network. They then continue elaborating on two points within the definition: 1.The “set of practices” includes “activities, institutions, processes, industry players, standards, advertising and media, direct response, promotions, relationship management, CRM, customer…

  • Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 by Gartner

    Gianluigi Cuccureddu
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    Gartner has created a list with ten technologies which will be strategic for most companies in 2010. A strategic technology is one with potential for a significant impact in the three coming years on the enterprise. Factors which determine significant impact are: * High potential for disruption to IT or business * Need for major dollar investment * Risk of being late to adopt The 10 strategic technologies for 2010 are: * Cloud Computing * Advanced Analytics * Client Computing * IT for Green * Reshaping the Data Center * Social Computing *Security – Activity Monitoring * Flash Memory *…

  • Milestone for mobile commerce: Mastercard’s launch of Mobile Payments Gateway

    Gianluigi Cuccureddu
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:09 am
    Yesterday the news was announced that Mastercard is introducing a Mobile Payments Gateway that delivers end-to-end mobile payment solutions. This is definately a milestone for mCommerce. It will be much easier to send and receive money through the mobile device than it’s occurs currently and it will boost initiatives due to technologies like these. Anyone within the payment cycle can build quick and cost-effective customized mobile solutions which all will serve to offer a convenient and secure -mobile- payment process. Mastercard’s mobile innovation certainly responds to the…
 
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