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Nolan R

Google planning fix for Android fragmentation? | Relevant Results - CNET News - 0 views

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shared by Nolan R on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Google will simply stop developing new Android versions as fast as it has over the last year
  • Google is supposedly shifting development away from Android's core to focus on applications and also plans to put more separation between those applications and the core operating system. That means that new applications that arrive along with new operating-system releases could also be downloaded for older phones through the Android Market without having to pass through the handset maker or carrier's approval process.
  • Google is in much better competitive shape with the 2.1 release and can start prioritizing developer stability over core features.
  • Nolan R on 30 Mar 10
     
    This is an article about how Google is going to slow down making new versions of the Android and start making the features of the current version better.
Honor Moorman

Top 6 Augmented Reality Mobile Apps [Videos] - 2 views

mashable.com/...augmented-reality-apps

augmentedreality

shared by Honor Moorman on 02 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Honor Moorman on 02 Apr 10
     
    A lot of excitement has been building around a category of iPhone and Android apps, most of which have yet to be approved or released. They are known as augmented reality apps. These applications combine virtual data into the physical real world by utilizing the iPhone 3GS or an Android phone's compass, camera, and GPS system. The result is that you can see things like the location of Twitter users and local restaurants in the physical world, even if they are miles away.
Nicholas B

Google Sky Map - 0 views

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shared by Nicholas B on 24 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Nicholas B on 24 Mar 10
     
    "By using your Android phone's orientation sensors, we can show you a star map for your location. Explore planets, stars, constellations, and more." Sky Map uses the phone's GPS, accelerometer, and compass to create a star map specific to where the user is when they point the phone towards the sky.
Tyler R

Meet Tagwhat, Another Augmented Reality Network For iPhone And Android Users - 0 views

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augmentedreality

shared by Tyler R on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Mobile augmented reality networks still have to prove they can live up to the hype,
  • but that isn’t stopping companies from jumping on the bandwagon at increasing rates.
  • Tagwhat is doing just that by launching in private beta
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  • for iPhone and Android users.
  • Powered by Iryss, which also offers customized mobile and AR software integration solutions for enterprises
  • Tyler R on 30 Mar 10
     
    Tagwhat is a consumer-facing product that allows people to tag real-world locations and attach information, reviews, links, photos, videos, notes and so on to those particular spots, whether tied to their current location or not.
Ethan L

Samsung Unveils Android-powered Galaxy S Smartphone - 0 views

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Simple Augmented Reality

shared by Ethan L on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Ethan L on 30 Mar 10
     
    This aricle shows how new phones are incorporating augmented reality into there phones
daniel manny

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shared by daniel manny on 31 Mar 10 - Cached
  • One of the biggest buzz words in technology at the moment is the idea of Augmented Reality or AR as it's become known to its friends. Smartphone users will know it through apps like Google Goggles or Street View on the G1, both of which involve waving your phone out in front of you and looking at the world on your 3-inch LCD display along with a few computerised annotations.
  • Without meaning any disrespect to Total Immersion and what they've done, they're essentially using AR as a marketing gimmick and none of it is particularly useful to the consumer sitting at home in front of their machine.
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  • The same is true in the class room. How much more informative and inspirational would be 3D graphic images or footage of the human body and its internal organs, muscles, bones and tissues in action on your device, rather than just flat and still on the page of a text book?
  • Of course, the other bonus of our new and improved pocket computers, rather than just their mobility and connectivity, is that they have more than just cameras to get a measure of their surroundings. There are microphones that can detect wind or sound, accelerometers for movement, digital compasses to tell which direction we're facing and proximity sensors as well. Now we're in a place where we can really experiment with AR on a personal level and explore our worlds in a whole new way.
  • In fact, as futurologist and mobile service specialist, Tim Haysom of the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) points out, the car has probably the most powerful potential AR devices out there at the moment.
  • Once such devices are in place, then the possibilities start to become mind-blowing. Within five years there's no reason why we shouldn't be out there jogging in our Nike Sport glasses, which bring up information on our heart rates, pulled in from sensors against our temples, and running times in front of our eyes as well as even adding a visual warning for pollen information if that's important too.
  • daniel manny on 31 Mar 10
     
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Alix R

Howstuffworks "How Augmented Reality Will Work" - 1 views

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augmentedreality virtual GPS iphone customization android baseball military Arcane Technologies video games wikitude layar yelp monocle wikipedia Sportvision RACEf_x SixthSense contact lens tedtalks Metz privacy CrackBerry cellphone x-ray Total Immersion

shared by Alix R on 18 Apr 10 - Cached
  • It is also notable because the projector essentially turns any surface into an interactive screen.
  • gathers GPS coordinates and pulls data from the Internet
  • for example, if he picks up a can of soup in a grocery store, SixthSense can find and project onto the soup information about its ingredients, price, nutritional value -- even customer reviews.
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  • Layar then shows information about restaurants or other sites in the area, overlaying this information on the phone's screen.
  • Using your phone's GPS and compass, Monocle will display information about local restaurants, including ratings and reviews, on your cell phone screen.
  • Urbanspoon
  • Wikitude,
  • Yelp's Monocle
  • Wikipedia
  • Underlying most of these applications are a phone's GPS and compass; by knowing where you are, these applications can make sure to offer information relevant to you. We're still not quite at the stage of full-on image recognition, but trust us, people are working on it.
  • Total Immersion
  • makes software that applies augmented reality to baseball cards.
  • Move the card in your hands -- make sure to keep it in view of the camera -- and the 3-D figure on your screen will perform actions, such as throwing a ball at a target.
  • Consider a scavenger-hunt game that uses virtual objects. You could use your phone to "place" tokens around town, and participants would then use their phones (or augmented-reality enabled goggles) to find these invisible objects.
  • There's a "human Pac-Man" game that allows users to chase after each other in real life while wearing goggles that make them look like characters in Pac-Man.
  • Arcane Technologies
  • An AR-enabled head-mounted display could overlay blueprints or a view from a satellite or overheard drone directly onto the soldiers' field of vision.
  • has sold augmented-reality devices to the U.S. military.
  • Augmented reality still has some challenges to overcome. For example, GPS is only accurate to within 30 feet (9 meters) and doesn't work as well indoors, although improved image recognition technology may be able to help [source: Metz].
  • People may not want to rely on their cell phones, which have small screens on which to superimpose information.
  • SixthSense
  • augmented-reality capable contact lenses and glasses will provide users with more convenient, expansive views of the world around them.
  • Screen real estate will no longer be an issue. In
  • There is such a thing as too much information.
  • ust as the "CrackBerry" phenomenon and Internet addiction are concerns
  • an overreliance on augmented reality could mean that people are missing out on what's right in front of them.
  • Some people may prefer to use their AR iPhone applications rather than an experienced tour guide,
    • Alix R
      Alix R on 18 Apr 10
       
      So could Augmented Reality take away the need for some jobs?
  • privacy concerns. Image-recognition software coupled with AR will, quite soon, allow us to point our phones at people, even strangers, and instantly see information from their Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, LinkedIn or other online profiles. With most of these services people willingly put information about themselves online, but it may be an unwelcome shock to meet someone, only to have him instantly know so much about your life and background.
    • Alix R
      Alix R on 18 Apr 10
       
      this is where customization comes in. Since we share information that anyone can see on the internet about us, then is there a problem with someone viewing that information upon meeting us? Since they could have access to it anyway....So those who do not want their information viewed by certain people should have the option to become "unlisted" or to clock the information form being viewed by certain people, just as Facebook allows for us to do in their privacy settings. people will be able to customize what information they are allowing others to have access to upon meeting them.
  • Despite these concerns, imagine the possibilities: you may learn things about the city you've lived in for years just by pointing your AR-enabled phone at a nearby park or building.
  • If you work in construction, you can save on materials by using virtual markers to designate where a beam should go or which structural support to inspect.
  • Paleontologists working in shifts to assemble a dinosaur skeleton could leave virtual "notes" to team members on the bones themselves,
  • artists could produce virtual graffiti
  • octors could overlay a digital image of a patient's X-rays onto a mannequin for added realism.
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