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The buzz behind aumented reality seems to have died down somewhat but with Google's Project Glass looming in the distance, the technology is bound to see a resurgence in popularity. How this will relate to gaming remains to be seen, but there are already a large variety of AR games to choose from regardless of your mobile OS. I've spent some serious time over the past week putting some of the most popular implementations through their paces on my iPhone in the hope to find out if AR really is the future or not.
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The business card is a ubiquitous sight in any business meeting. The first documented use of them can be tracked to Japan in the 15th Century. These formal royal announcements, known as 'meishi', were distributed amongst the local community as a sign of a potential visit. The use of cards as formal announcements was later adopted by aristocrats in 17th Century France.
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If you like learning about things around you then Google’s Field Trip could be worth an install on your iPhone. Google’s augmented reality app follows up the Android launch last year and comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Field Trip is an information assistant that takes the ideas of local discovery and enhances it with augmented reality. It runs in the background till you are near something interesting.
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In 2011, analysts predicted the rise of Augmented Reality mobile apps. The nascent technology would revolutionize the way we interact with our mobile devices. Flash forward two years and dozens of AR apps populate all mobiles stores, but does that mean the technology finally evolved into software worth using? This article examines four such apps. Like most AR apps, these examples have relatively steep system requirements.
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Google's Project Glass is making headlines again as the company continues testing, publicising and finalising their $1500 augmented reality device, and many are already casting judgement over the technology. Basic things like practicality, cost and the implications of having your own personal HUD all raise some interesting questions, and the only way we'll answer them is by waiting and finding out.
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The recent release of Amazon’s augmented reality app for Android got me thinking again about the future of brick and mortar stores. So what is the future of brick and mortar stores? Will they stay around or slowly disappear?
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After months of rumors regarding a move into augmented reality, Google finally unveiled its Project Glass initiative at the beginning of April. Apart from a few photographs of annoying models wearing an early version of the Google Glasses, the main draw was a concept video showing one day in the life of someone wearing these futuristic specs. This video was ripe for spoofing.
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At the beginning of April Google unveiled Project Glass, a new effort to bring smartphone functionality to your eyeball(s). And that's not me overstating the case. This is a HUD (Heads-Up Display) offering augmented reality, and it's in development right now at Google HQ. We have already heard from James how this technology is perfectly feasible, and that the concept video Google proferred isn't pie-in-the-sky thinking.
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Google’s Project Glass has everyone talking. It’s a glimpse of the future of augmented reality, wearable computing, and better integration of the Internet and technology in our day-to-day lives. Imagine replacing your smartphone with a pair of glasses, controlling them with your voice and movements of your head.
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Google recently released a concept video for their Project Glass. Today I'd like to take a closer look at the technical feasibility of these real-life Google Goggles; what we know; and why this concept video should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt. Bear in mind I'm certainly no expert on the topic, but I've done a good bit of research and would like to present two possibilities.
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