New Kinect Hack For Interior Design

By On July 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Students at the University of Queensland have developed an application for interior design using a projector, Microsoft Kinect, Apple iPad and iPhone, and an infrared glove. The application allows the user to view how furniture they are thinking of purchasing will fit in with their existing room. [...]

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Augmented Reality Cinema: Watch Movies Scenes That Were Filmed In Your Location

By On July 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Have you ever been in a place that you know you have seen before, even though you literally have not been within miles of the location? Augmented Reality Cinema is soon going to have the solution to your problem available on your mobile device. [...]

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Autoglass envisions windshields of the future

By On June 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Projecting a head-up display onto your windshield is so passé; Autoglass reckons the future of digital driving is having augmented reality baked into the glass itself. The company has thrown together a video demo of what it believes the windshield of your car will be like in 2020, throwing in intelligent location-based services that can hunt down gas stations, flag up cyclists and pedestrians angling to get run over, and warn you when there’s a speed camera nearby. [...]

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Sony’s SmartAR – A new kind of Augmented Reality

By On May 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Sony introduced “SmartAR”, a so-called integrated Augmented Reality technology that looked pretty decent in the demo video uploaded that day. The company produced a new video over the weekend, and if you’re into Augmented Reality, the new footage will blow you away. [...]

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Microsoft’s Kinect Brings Augmented Reality to the Fitting Room

By On May 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

While the 3D models here are far from perfect, it is certainly an interesting idea. It would be interesting to see if this speeds up or lengthens decision making time. In an era where large screen TVs are starting to become a commonality in homes maybe shoppers will one day be able to simply shop at home while the rest of us aren’t left standing around holding someone else’s bag. Take note at about 1:45 minutes into the video that we have a gentleman trying on outfits that are clearly not his size. I suppose we all need to entertain ourselves when we’re not really the one shopping! [...]

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Augmented Reality Event (ARE) 2011 Recap

By On May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Silicon Valley was abuzz this week (though isn’t it always?). More specifically, with a current ‘buzz’ industry: Augmented Reality. For those unfamiliar, augmented reality (AR) refers to the use of graphical or informational overlays onto the real world to provide a mixed reality experience. Science fiction stuff right? Not really; prominent and largely used applications like Yelp! monocle or Google Goggles allow you to take pictures of restaurants/objects and give you more in-depth information on the subject. With the aid of visual cues or prominent AR markers, these apps can spawn 3D objects from flat surfaces to be made viewable on phones and mobile devices.

(Also posted on Techzulu.com) [...]

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