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    More Augmented Reality Software That Will Change the Future

    Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World

    Virtual Worlds Are So 1994
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    Image of Ursus Maritimus Ursus Maritimus
    07/01/09

    In reply to More Augmented Reality Software That Will Change the Future
    George Orwell is turning in his grave.
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    Image of Bret Mogilefsky Bret Mogilefsky
    07/01/09

    In reply to More Augmented Reality Software That Will Change the Future
    Thanks for following up the previous post with mention of Wikitude AR! :)
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    07/01/09

    @Bret Mogilefsky: Of course! Can't wait to play around with it.
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    Image of Garro Garro
    06/28/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    Who needs holograms when you have AR glasses? I wonder if Cyberpunk authors are freaking out. Combine this with the technology to place chips in your eye to see whatever a monitor can sho, as well as the new, new technology of plugging someone's brain into a computer, the future will be freakish and scary.


    I really hope I hear like, my great grand children saying, "He was alive when the Internet was invented!" while they play virtual overlayed Warhammer 40k on the living room floor.

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    Image of ValedaPygmalion ValedaPygmalion
    06/27/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    This TED talk from a group at MIT also bears mentioning, it uses a wearable camera and projector rig to do all sorts of cool things, some gimmicky and some useful... I don't think projecting the info in public is particularly elegant, but the software for pulling the data and the interfacing is pretty interesting. Having product info pulled automatically while browsing items in a store is pretty slick, IMO.

    http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_se....html
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/27/09

    @ValedaPygmalion: Yeah, this fluid interface is something I think fits right into what we're talking about here. I love the hand-as-phone.
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    Image of quetzilla quetzilla
    06/27/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    "Using goggles and Wii-like, motion-sensitive controllers, you could enter a gamespace with other people where the local park became a showdown between knights and dragons."


    Everyone knows you don't need goggles or Wii's for that.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/27/09

    @quetzilla: Ah LARPers. Bless their hearts.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    06/27/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    Solution searching for a problem.


    For now.


    On a tiny screen, it's not much more useful than for gee-whiz demonstrations.


    It's true that augmented reality is the future of the internet. But not until we really do have devices that overlay everything right into our eyeballs and everyday lives.

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    Image of Bret Mogilefsky Bret Mogilefsky
    06/27/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    Seems unfair to breathlessly report on Layar when Wikitude already exists, and has some of the other elements you talk about as maybe-in-the-future without the need for corporate partnerships.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/27/09

    @Bret Mogilefsky: Yay, Wikitude! This isn't a product endorsement, just a glimpse of some new technologies at the cutting edge. Would love to hear more suggestions for other open tech that does augmented reality.
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    Image of Kessica Kessica
    06/27/09

    In reply to Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World
    Okay, I've read a handful of Augmented Reality SciFi, and are there any out there where things actually turn out well?


    I mean, M. T. Anderson's Feed pops to mind immediately, but I've read a hand full of short stories too and, well, let's just say that I'd like to sign up for the off-the-grid community of hippies that don't trust this tech.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    06/27/09

    @Kessica: I thought Vinge did a good job of showing the good side of augmented reality in Rainbows End. At its best, augmented reality just makes it easier for us to bring online information into our daily activities. And as I said in this post, it also allows us to play outside again in a way that is incredibly cool.
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