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GPS Special: Fixing education - Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 07 Nov 11 - No Cached

Maung Nyeu on 07 Nov 11

CNN on "Fixing Education." Secrets of Seoul and Mr. Bill Gates focus on teachers.

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Wikitude Drive Android App Does Turn-By-Turn, Augmented-Reality-Style - Wikitude - Gizmodo - 0 views

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AR augmented_reality Google Android

shared by Robert Schuman on 15 Sep 09 - Cached

Robert Schuman on 15 Sep 09

An example of an AR application for Google Android phones that takes advantage of the phone's video camera and GPS capabilities.

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Mscape - Get Out and Explore - 0 views

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shared by Ando Endano on 19 Sep 09 - Cached

Ando Endano on 19 Sep 09

This program, Mscape by HP, allows users of Windows Mobile phones to create their own place-dependent AR experiences (games, guided tours, etc.) utilizing the internal GPS of the phone. Users can share and post their "Mediascapes" online and download Mediascapes created by others.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This program, Mscape by HP, allows users of Windows Mobile phones to create their own place-dependent AR experiences (games, guided tours, etc.) utilizing the internal GPS of the phone. Users can share and post their "Mediascapes" online and download Mediascapes created by others.</div>

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GPS helps teach Sartell-St. Stephen students important lessons | sctimes.com | St. Clou... - 0 views

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gps middle school geocaching AR Minnesota

shared by Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09 - Cached

They hope the high-tech tools will engage technically savvy students.
- Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
  
  Not even sure this qualifies as high tech any more.
  
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“When you get to go outside and learn and observe, it’s a lot better than just reading about it in a book,”
- Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
  
  From the mouths of babes...
  
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Augmented Reality: Not That Real Yet - BusinessWeek - 1 views

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augmented_reality AR apps

shared by Jennifer Hern on 07 Dec 09 - Cached

In theory, a service should be able to take your latitude, longitude, and orientation and tell you exactly what you are looking at. Alas, the data aren't nearly accurate enough for that.
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There's an even bigger conceptual problem with augmented reality as it is used today by a variety of search apps such as the Layar Reality Browser, Wikitude World Browser, or Presselite's Bionic Eye.
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Jennifer Hern on 07 Dec 09

AR not ready for prime time because of inaccurate GPS data and apps that only provide information about locations within the user's line of sight.

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Swedish daycare to test GPS for tracking kids - 2 views

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technology education

shared by Diego Vallejos on 29 Sep 11 - No Cached

Diego Vallejos on 29 Sep 11

In my opinion this use of technology in education doesn't add any value to the class. Are they are testing it to reduce the number of nursery school teachers?

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Wikitude - 1 views

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educational technologies entertainment disruptive innovation

shared by Xavier Rozas on 23 Oct 09 - Cached

Xavier Rozas on 23 Oct 09

Cool AR app that uses wikipedia posts for content and somehow links them with GPS coordinates. Text based AR, just downloaded to iPhone and will be giving it a go in H.S this afternoon. iphone users download here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329731243&mt=8

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Cool AR app that uses wikipedia posts for content and somehow links them with GPS coordinates. Text based AR, just downloaded to iPhone and will be giving it a go in H.S this afternoon. iphone users download here: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329731243&mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329731243&mt=8</a></div>

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See Rome as it is and as it was | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - 1 views

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mobile AR augmented reality history time past rome iphone

shared by Bharat Battu on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached

Bharat Battu on 12 Oct 11

Relating to the discussion last class about potential directions AR and mobile apps may go -- this iPhone app allows users to experience a location (in this case, Rome) as it existed in the past. Provides images and historical info for all users, but if the user is actually at the Coliseum, it uses the iPhone camera + gps and presents actual 3D renditions of the past of whatever is in the user's viewfinder

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Relating to the discussion last class about potential directions AR and mobile apps may go -- this iPhone app allows users to experience a location (in this case, Rome) as it existed in the past. Provides images and historical info for all users, but if the user is actually at the Coliseum, it uses the iPhone camera + gps and presents actual 3D renditions of the past of whatever is in the user's viewfinder </div>

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Teacher Training Should Start Before iPad Deployment -- THE Journal - 3 views

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iPad teacher training

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 10 Nov 11 - No Cached

Bridget Binstock on 10 Nov 11

Many of you have read my "rants" about buying iPads before the teacher's even know what to do with them. This article speaks to the need for Professional Development before full scale implementation.

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If You're Not Seeing Data, You're Not Seeing | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

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AR augmented_reality

shared by Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09 - Cached

“augmented reality,” where data from the network overlays your view of the real world
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
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developers are creating augmented reality applications and games for a variety of smartphones
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Who are these developers? Lots of $$ backing them?
  
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embraced a version of the technology to enhance their products and advertising campaigns.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Of course AR has been used to enhance private $$ making industries.
  
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Tom Caudell, a researcher at aircraft manufacturer Boeing, coined the term “augmented reality” in 1990.
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head-mounted digital display
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was an intersection between virtual and physical reality
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he wants to be able to point a phone at a city it’s completely unfamiliar with, download the surroundings and output information on the fly.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Called Anywhere Augmentation.
  
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stifled by limitations in software and hardware
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requires a much more sophisticated artificial intelligence and 3-D modeling applications
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must become affordable to consumers
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early attempts have focused on two areas
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your computer is prominently appearing in attention-grabbing, big-budget advertisements
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Mattel is using the same type of 3-D imaging augmented reality in “i-Tag” action figures f
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Mattel is experimenting with AR... can I get a job there?
  
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isn’t truly useful in a static desktop environment, Höllerer said, because people’s day-to-day realities involve more than sitting around all day
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Okay... so desktop computers are not for AR tech. People are mobile, so AR should be mobile. But what about people stuck sitting at a desk all day?
  
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And that’s why smartphones, which include GPS hardware and cameras, are crucial to driving the evolution of augmented reality.
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Ogmento, a company that creates augmented reality products for games and marketing
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Ogmento... see if they want to hire me, too.
  
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movie posters will trigger interactive experiences on an iPhone, such as a trailer or even a virtual treasure hunt to promote the film.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  This is going to bring out the inner nerd in everyone....
  
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The Layar browser (video above) looks at an environment through the phone’s camera, and the app displays houses for sale, popular restaurants and shops, and tourist attractions
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Where does this information come from? Who creates this information? Selected sources/companies who pay to have their information posted? A whole new competitive marketing strategy in the making.
  
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it’s not truly real-time: The app can’t analyze data it hasn’t downloaded ahead of time.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  I can only imagine crowds of people walking the streets staring at their apps, running into people and lamp posts, not to mention getting run over by cars... I think this technology might weirdly affect the health insurance industry.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I can only imagine crowds of people walking the streets staring at their apps, running into people and lamp posts, not to mention getting run over by cars... I think this technology might weirdly affect the health insurance industry.</div>
  
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You know more, you find more, or you see something you haven’t seen before.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  this is supposed to be the advantage of using AR from a commercial perspective... it is still self-centralized.
  
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Nokia is currently testing an AR app called Point & Find, which involves pointing your camera phone at real-world objects and planting virtual information tags on them
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  This can be a really cool feature for teachers if they have a closed-group option. If you are part of the large network, there is all sorts of things people might plant that you don't want to see or know about... Another thought, if there is a closed-group option, perhaps this will create a whole new way of drug trafficking and helping illegal organizations hide information from authorities.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This can be a really cool feature for teachers if they have a closed-group option. If you are part of the large network, there is all sorts of things people might plant that you don't want to see or know about... Another thought, if there is a closed-group option, perhaps this will create a whole new way of drug trafficking and helping illegal organizations hide information from authorities.</div>
  
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the hardware is finally catching up to our needs
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Nvidia Tegra, a powerful chip specializing in high-end graphics for mobile devices.
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place (real) Skittles on the physical map and shoot them to set off (virtual) bombs
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Are you kidding me? Marketing Skittles within an AR game?
  
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open API to access live video from the phone’s camera
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Need this technology in order to produce AR. iPhone does not have it. Wonder why.
  
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live tweets of mobile Twitter users around your location.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  I can just imagine what a nightmare this app would be in a classroom full of students with handhelds....
  
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Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09

Background on Augmented Reality. Reading for 9/14.

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10 Web trends to watch in 2010 - CNN.com - 1 views

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trends technology AR augmented reality twitter facebook Google GPS curation cloud computing social gaming privacy

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 06 Dec 09 - Cached

Jennifer Jocz on 06 Dec 09

Article highlighting web trends from AR to privacy issues.

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Top 10 augmented reality demos that will revolutionize video games « Games Al... - 0 views

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augmented_reality toys games Human_Pacman GPS

shared by Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09 - Cached

Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09

I want to play AR Human Pacman!!! Who's in after class?

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