Nokia released a pretty neat, high-quality conceptfilm about their ideal augmented reality-world on Youtube. In my humble opinion, Nokia seems to be delivering the best concepts. Sure these might not see actual daylight within the next 5 or 10 years. But I do feel Nokia is the company which has the best knowhow. Both technically [...]
I got told of something new in Youtube: 3D! This sparks some cool possibilities on combining Augmented Reality with the popular video-sharing website. If you have some 3D-glasses lying around I suggest you take a gander at: (look for the drop-down menu)
In some way I could consider Tex Avery a genius. The TV of Tomorrow, in the vision of 1953. Extrapolate that to what what AR could do with this. To think up new concepts you need to think up crazy stuff like this. I like it!
Ori from Games Alfresco (my main source of AR news) posted a great insight on how industries will be changed by AR. All credits go to him!
Augmented Reality Demos using markers
Boffswana is a manufacturer of “novelty AR” fromt he first hour. They say themself they’ve introduced AR to the online space with their Releas3D technology. Living Sasquatch – Papervision – Augmented Reality from Boffswana on Vimeo. This newsmade me realize something:
This is amazing to look at. The best part is between 0:30 and 0:50 when he almost ‘falls’ over the edge. Amazing 3D immersion technology from IDEO Labs on Vimeo. “Can I have 2 please?”
De toekomst van AR in een bar? :)
Dit is eigenlijk fictie, maar de uitwerking is zo mooi gedaan dat ik em moet bloggen. Ik heb geen idee waar het vandaan komt, voor wie het is. Maar het lijkt er op dat het geinspireerd is van Halflife.
Op TED (een technology en design beurs) heeft een mooie presentatie van MIT Labs laten zien. Door middel van een paar apparaten, die bij elkaar ongeveer 300 dollar kosten, heeft een student (!) een hele scala aan magische AR-applicaties geschreven. This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, and spearheaded by student Pranav Mistry [...]