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Maik G

News: The Mobile Campus - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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  • Maik G on 24 Mar 10
     
    Further reading to the ACU experiment. I already posted a video which is talking about the same experiment.
daniel manny

The Next Wave of AR: Exploring Social Augmented Experiences at Where 2.0 | Ug... - 0 views

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  • 1) “Augmenting the map as interface: AR and Locative Narratives” - Jeremy Hight *Map augmentation of the historic route 66 can house an essay contest and publication globally but as embedded within that map augmentation instead of books or even web sites. * A place on a map can be a graphic index and database to save and collect the writing of that place with a graphic or textual search index. *One can pop immersive visualizations of abandoned or lost buildings from map location in shared software and collectively augment (imagine channels within the lost core of detroit where one is memories and accounts tagged within parts in the immersive visualization while another is of poems and stories written by people moved by the place and its semiotics and story). *The news stand is to be the map. *New forms of literature will be born of mapping, spaces,augmentation and new tools
  • “With the exotic mixed realities envisioned by futurists and science fiction writers seemingly around the corner, it is time to move beyond questions of technical feasibility to consider the value and impact of turning reality inside out for everyday social settings and experiences. Thanks to the inherently social nature of augmented reality, we can be sure the value and impact of many augmented experiences depends in large part on how effectively they integrate with the social dimensions of real-world settings, in real time.”
  • I will have the awesome privilege, on our Where 2.0 panel, of showcasing ARWave.   We will  premier the ARWave demo which shows how ARWave has accomplished the basics of geolocating data on Wave Federation Protocol (and real time collaboration on this geolocated data).  If you’re interested in the ARWave project join the Mailing list, FAQ are here, and have a peek at the current state of development at Google Code, and the specification for an AR Blip.  We also have Waves for the project hosted on Google Wave.  You can join the general discussion here, and the technical side here. The picture below is a screen shot from the demo video produced by core AR Wave developer and concept designer, Thomas Wrobel. Click on the image to enlarge, and note: “The pink thing is from Dennou Coil. Its an anti-virus program (that literally chase’s down bugs and glitches and removes them).” ARWave
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  • “The possibility exists to take a part of an area and overlay a dystopia, a utopia, multiples of each of these, or even recreations of previous incarnations in the past. Writing and publication thus cannot only be of place, and form(s), but of selected augmentations of icons, streets, buildings and related texts on top of the map. These spaces can be built in real time and can be turned on and off as channels of augmentation that over time illustrate many faces of place in its present, past, possible futures,etc. with texts within these alternate spaces as commentary, as fused aesthetic analysis, or simply creative writing relevant to these charged and hybrid spaces.”
  • “Layar has a killer browser already,  ARWave would add social features. They can keep their “walled garden” of data and still join the federation of open data too ” (Thomas Wrobel) Yup, that is the cool part of federation – you can have your cake and eat it too! Sophia Parafina and I will be organizing a discussion session on ARWave and Federation at WhereCamp, right after Where 2.0, April 3rd and 4th, and Dan Peterson who is in leading the federation effort for Google Wave will join us. The diagrams below illustrate how ARWave and federation can revolutionize the way we share our augmented realities.
  • daniel manny on 30 Mar 10
     
    The Reviews and Critics
Jakob K

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  • Jakob K on 11 Mar 10
     
    What does "open" mean? The word has different meanings in different contexts. Our commonsense, every day experience teaches us that "open" is a continuous (not binary) construct. A door can be wide open, mostly open, cracked slightly open, or completely closed. So can your eyes, so can a window, etc.
  • Stephanie K on 11 Mar 10
     
    What does "open" mean? The word has different meanings in different contexts. Our commonsense, every day experience teaches us that "open" is a continuous (not binary) construct. A door can be wide open, mostly open, cracked slightly open, or completely closed. So can your eyes, so can a window, etc.
Tyler R

Total Immersion : Augmented reality software solutions with D'Fusion - 0 views

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  • Augmented Reality (AR) is an interactive experience where virtual components are dynamically merged into a live video stream in real time.
  • Tyler R on 30 Mar 10
     
    Augmented Reality (AR) is an interactive experience where virtual components are dynamically merged into a live video stream in real time
daniel manny

Total Immersion to Unveil First Commercial Markerless Tracking on Mobile at I... - 0 views

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  • A major component of Total Immersion’s proprietary AR solution, markerless tracking enables an AR application to use natural targets to trigger the augmented reality experience.
  • “Mobile innovation continues to drive rapid change for business and personal interaction, and this spring’s CTIA educational program will address next generation technologies, new players and emerging opportunities,” said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA. “We are delighted that Bruno and Total Immersion will be contributing to the discussion.”
  • “Augmented reality is a new human interface, and as such, offers enormous potential to create engaging new experiences – especially using mobile platforms,” Uzzan said.  “AR is already beginning to transform the way people see and interact in the world.  It’s ushering in an age where destinations, data and details will be as close as a smartphone.  AR can turn a simple cell phone into a marketing and information delivery device with seemingly limitless capabilities.”
  • daniel manny on 31 Mar 10
     
    Commercial use
Honor Moorman

Mashable - Blog - 10 Awesome Uses of Augmented Reality Marketing - 2 views

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  • Honor Moorman on 02 Apr 10
     
    Visuals are an important part of advertising, so it's not surprising that so many companies have jumped on the augmented reality bandwagon, offering tools that visualize their products in a magical and memorable way. Here we take a look at some pretty amazing promotional uses of this new tech that work with common webcams, giving everyone a chance to experience augmented reality - a trend that will be big in 2010.
Alix R

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augmentedreality Flat Classroom Project hz10 Google Earth GPS Meltvision

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  • Steve Madsen on 10 Mar 10
     
    Lost in a big city? It is a familiar experience. So imagine if you could use X-ray vision to see what was on the other side of the building in front of you.
Denise A

Students give e-readers the old college try | ColumbiaTribune.com - 0 views

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  • Denise A on 22 Mar 10
     
    SEATTLE (AP) — It’s an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle electronic reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.
daniel manny

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  • 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.
  • 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.
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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?
  • 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
     
    Inventions
Austin M

Special Report - International Education - As Colleges Make Courses Available Free Onli... - 0 views

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  • Utah State OpenCourseWare, http://ocw.usu.edu
    • Miller S.
      Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
       
      This webiste is dedicated to helping students find open course materials.
  • Anyone, anywhere, with an Internet connection — from Bill Gates down — can log on and download these materials without cost.
    • Miller S.
      Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
       
      Being able to download materials with no costs is the most appealing factor for students. In theory, a student can obtain a degree from a prestigious college by getting their materials online. This also gets rid of the cost of purchasing books.
  • A computer in Logan, Utah, holds syllabus details, lecture notes, problem sets and exams from more than 80 Utah State University courses
    • Miller S.
      Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
       
      This sentence briefly explains how open content is being used in schools and universities.
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  • iTunes U, youtube.com/edu and their own sites, like Open Yale Courses.
    • Miller S.
      Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
       
      These are sites that help universities spread their open content ideas.
  • The OpenCourseWare Consortium, which grew out of the M.I.T. project, now includes over 200 institutions worldwide and offers materials from more than 13,000 courses. OpenCourseWare makes it possible to profit from some of the content that comes with $50,000 annual tuition at an Ivy League school, without paying that hefty price tag.
  • The idea driving the movement is that information should be freely shared.
  • someone must pay for these materials, and with the recession squeezing university budgets, open course programs are vulnerable.
  • For an annual cost of $125,000, or a mere 0.05 percent of the university’s $226 million budget, Utah State’s four-year-old OpenCourseWare program attracted 550,000 page views last year, making it one of the most popular in the United States, according to Marion Jensen, its former director.
  • The OpenCourseWare content is now being hosted on the DigitalCommons@USU Web site
  • how can professors and universities afford to give away the course materials that are their very livelihood?
  • The answer, says James D. Yager, senior associate dean for academic affairs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, lies in why students pay to attend university in the first place. What OpenCourseWare offers, he notes, is not the full university experience: “We don’t offer the course for free, we offer the content for free,” Mr. Yager said by telephone in February. “Students take courses because they want interaction with faculty, they want interaction with one another. Those things are not available on O.C.W.
  • “O.C.W. is just the publishing of the content
  • Riley Westwood9 on 30 Mar 10
     
    This bookmark explains about how opencourseware are helping people who cant make it to a ivy league college an makes it available free to them.
  • Austin M on 30 Mar 10
     
    New free software for college kids to take there classes online.
  • Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
     
    This wesite is very informative about the use of open content sources. It details the program of OpenCourseWare put in place by the Utah State University. It also describes the struggles of paying for open content, and it gives answers from individuals on how open content should be used.
Tanner B

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  • Visual data analysis blends highly advanced computational methods with sophisticated graphics engines to tap the extraordinary ability of humans to see patterns and structure in even the most complex visual presentations.
  • Data collection and compilation is no longer the tedious, manual process it once was, and tools to analyze, interpret, and display data are increasingly sophisticated, and their use routine in many disciplines.
  • In advanced research settings, scientists and others studying massively complex systems generate mountains of data, and have developed a wide variety of new tools and techniques to allow those data to be interpreted holistically, and to expose meaningful patterns and structure, trends and exceptions, and more.
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  • Researchers that work with data sets from experiments or simulations, such as computational fluid dynamics, astrophysics, climate study, or medicine draw on techniques from the study of visualization, data mining, and statistics to create useful ways to investigate and understand what they have found.
  • The blending of these disciplines has given rise to the new field of visual data analysis, which is not only characterized by its focus on making use of the pattern matching skills that seem to be hard-wired into the human brain, but also in the way in which it facilitates the work of teams working in concert to tease out meaning from complex sets of information.
  • it possible for almost anyone with an analytical bent to easily interpret all sorts of data
  • Many are free or very inexpensive, bringing the ability to engage in rich visual interpretation to virtually anyone.
  • Online services such as Many Eyes, Wordle, Flowing Data, and Gapminder accept uploaded data and allow the user to configure the output to varying degrees.
  • By manipulating variables, or simply seeing them change over time (as Gapminder has done so famously) if patterns exist (or if they don’t), that fact is easily discoverable.
  • The promise for teaching and learning is further afield, but because of the intuitive ways in which it can expose complex relationships to even the uninitiated, there is tremendous opportunity to integrate visual data analysis into undergraduate research, even in survey courses.
  • Visual data analysis may help expand our understanding of learning itself. Learning is one of the most complex of social processes, with a myriad of variables interacting in highly complex ways, making it an ideal focus for the search for patterns.
Yvonne Caples

iPad Experience Series: Can the iPad replace ebook readers? | The Mobile Gadgeteer | ZD... - 0 views

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  • The major strengths of the iPad are the multiple client support and integrated, controllable backlight while the weaknesses are the lack of eInk, lack of Adobe Digital Editions support (for those free library books), and weight in your hand compared to dedicated ebook devices.
Alix R

Descending Clouds - Society and Augmented Reality 101 | PERSONALIZE MEDIA - 1 views

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  • It will create a web of layers, of parallel narratives and realities and enhance our experiences.
  • “Augmented reality allows people to visualize cyberspace as an integral part of the physical world that surrounds them, effectively making the real world clickable and linked,” says Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm.
    • Alix R
      Alix R on 14 Apr 10
       
      use this!
  • will their be any hiding places.
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  • As portable screens become practical (think iPad with camera), pervasive wearable computing becomes commonplace and surveillance technology evolves to being ubiquitous and transparent – society will evolve way ahead of government and law, who powerless to stop the flow of information on connected screens will be even more powerless to stop this flow moving into real space?
    • Alix R
      Alix R on 14 Apr 10
       
      this is what will also happen when we go full force into an augmented reality world. good or bad?
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