3D Video within Live Video. Kinect my augmented reality to an iPad 2 Here is a pretty cool demonstration done by Laan Labs that takes the video and depth mapping information from a Microsoft Kinect and uses that data to create a 3D model for an augmented reality mobile application seen through the iPad 2. Basically how this works is you shoot something, like yourself, in front of… Read More
At Google HQ for WebGL Camp #3 At Google HQ in Mountain View, California right now attending WebGL Camp #3. WebGL Camp is a full day affair of WebGL demos, presentations, and code. A nice write up by fellow attendee Ates Gursimsek. See the videos when available at the WebGL Camp Youtube Channel .… Read More
3DAR make creating AR even easier Just saw this across the twitters, bookmarked it, then forgot to post it up. ah well. I have not tried it but watched the video and yea, it looks like a much improved way to get your content into an AR app. If anyone has tried this, give me a ping and I’ll post up… Read More
Augmented Reality Event 2011 video Still recovering from an augmented reality that happened last week. The video footage below shows elements from the Augmented Reality Event (ARE) 2011 in Santa Clara, CA on May 17-18. This was the 2nd annual event of the largest conference dedicated to the business of augmented reality. Start-ups, developers, mobile and hardware companies along with… Read More
ARE2011 Free Space Movement stunt What do you do when you are at conference and you are trying to make your message stand out? Well you dress a bunch of kids in cleanroom bunny suites and have them run around during one of the speakers, run hazard tape all over the place and spread pamphlets. Sure why not. Layer has… Read More
Unity 3D goes military! Build 3D models for the next Bin laden mission! Well, maybe not. But still, its kinda of nice to see a company you have watched from the inception get into the big game. The Unity Web Player is now certified to be used by the US Army and AirForce. This basically means that the US Government can now be a customer for your models… Read More
Blair MacIntyre on Argon – a standards based AR browser Last month I got the opportunity to meet up with augmented reality veteran Blair MacIntyre. Blair directs the Augmented Environments Lab at Georgia Tech, and his research focuses on educational, entertainment and gaming applications of augmented and mixed reality environments, especially those that use personal displays (ie. ranging from see-through head-worn displays to video-mixed handheld… Read More
Terminating Reality with OLED Eyetracking head mounted displays I think most are familiar with the scene from Terminator 2 when Arnold walks into the biker bar after going back in time and uses his ‘Terminator view’ to scan the environment. Bringing this science fiction one step closer to science fact is Fraunhofer IPMS. IPMS (Institute for Photonic Microsystems) is one of fifty six… Read More
Augmenting the Facts .. the cake is a lie !Warning, this is a rant! With the growing interest in augmented reality, I continue to notice where presenters, bloggers, researchers, and other have misinformed their audience about the subject. To use the most generic of references, “Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or an indirect view of a physical, real-world environment… Read More
3D on the iphone ipad without glasses using head tracking! Remember Johnny Chung Lee who did that really cool hack on the Nintendo Wii awhile back? He created a 3D simulation using head tracking… Video below the post in case you do not remember. Anyway, seems Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay from the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) research group at the Grenoble Informatics Laboratory did… Read More
Augmented reality on the iPad2 It is expected that with the release of the iPad2 with its cameras, that augmented reality apps for it will start flooding the app store. Seems the first company to get the iPad2 AR ball rolling is Total Immersion with their AR Magic Mirror app.… Read More
Video recap of GDC: Game Developers Conference 2011 Here is my video recap of the 2011 Game Developers Conference.… Read More
Layar’s AR Browser Now Made Possible for All iPhone Apps This week Layar, the mobile augmented reality platform, announced on their blog the launch of the Layer Player. The Layar Player is a unique piece of code that can be embedded directly within your own iPhone app. Yes, seems it only is available for iPhone apps. Nice thing is there are no licensing costs and… Read More
Layar for the iPhone is finally in the App Store Talk about taking forever; but Layar is finally out. If you do not know; Layar was one of the first Augmented Reality Apps out there but not for iphone. And funny enough, never saw it on Cydia. Well no matter; its in the App store. Most likely for 4.0++ but I have not had a… Read More
Black Eyed Peas Get Official AR App Last month I blogged and shot a video showing off a Black Eyed Peas augmented reality app I made using Metaio’s Junaio platform. At the time, I was surprised that Metaio didn’t share or retweet with their community this app I made as they usually do with work that others do with their platform and… Read More
Throw a Hadouken with projection mapping and a Kinect Every other day it seems there is a Kinect hack that comes out. A post on Joystiq sharing a video from Elliot Woods was a treat to stumble upon as I am a fan of projection mapping, Kinect, and Street Fighter. Cool work Elliot. See the video here: Kinect Hadouken.… Read More
Want to build a Augmented Reality app on the iPhone? Here is your chance through kickstarter We all know about kickstarter, and if you have not heard of kickstarter, whats wrong with you? Didn’t you see that story on the uber cool ipod watch? Sigh.. anyway, check this out. Hololabs is trying to build 3D Augmented Reality app. The project is called MixAR: MixAR is our second Augmented Reality (AR) iPhone… Read More
Best Tech Wishes in 2011! 2010 was a great year for the more innovative technologies that interest me and 2011 is looking to be even better. It is a few hours until midnight and before I dash out for New Year Eve, I felt a look at the 2011 tech crystal ball was in order. Here are my top three… Read More
Augmented Reality is getting hype, but is it real? Forrester thinks.. meh. Most of the points in the Forrester report is for the mostly spot on, and this is coming from someone who created Virtual Reality Apps back in the beginning and knows what overhype looks like. I think a good definition of what Augmented Reality for mobile is; should be considered. Back in mid 2009 I… Read More
Hands on Lego Augmented Reality The augmented-reality (AR) “Digital Box” application for Lego made by augmented reality company Metaio came out in Lego stores world wide earlier this year. I got the chance to play with this for the first time at a Lego store at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas. See video here Augmented Reality Legos. Hold up selected boxes… Read More