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daniel manny

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

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augmentedreality

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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
Julie Lindsay

Google Docs Adds Major New Features [PICS] - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 14 Apr 10
     
    Google has announced that it has rebuilt Google Docs from the ground-up. The result is a massive overhaul of Google Docs, including completely redesigned spreadsheet, document, and drawing editors, group chat functionality, and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character mark-up, much like Google Wave. You can preview the new changes, starting today."
Nolan R

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

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  • 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.
Vicki Davis

Google SketchUp - 1 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 18 Mar 10
     
    So, I'm finally testing Google sketchup! They have some cool competitions for modeling your town and some examples on this website and also a link for educators to download the pro version of sketchup.
Miller S.

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  • The Open Content Alliance (OCA) is a consortium of organizations contributing to a permanent, publicly accessible archive of digitized texts. Its creation was announced in October 2005 by Yahoo!, the Internet Archive, the University of California, the University of Toronto and others [1]. Scanning for the Open Content Alliance is administered by the Internet Archive, which also provides permanent storage and access through its website.
  • OCA's approach to seeking permission from copyright holders differs significantly from that of Google Book Search. OCA digitizes copyrighted works only after asking and receiving permission from the copyright holder ("opt-in"). By contrast, Google Book Search digitizes copyrighted works unless explicitly told not to do so ("opt-out"), and contends that digitizing for the purposes of indexing is fair use.
  • The OCA is, in part, a response to Google Book Search, which was announced in October 2004.
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  • Microsoft had a special relationship with the Open Content Alliance until May 2008. Microsoft joined the Open Content Alliance in October 2005 as part of its Live Book Search project [2]. However, in May 2008 Microsoft announced it would be ending the Live Book Search project and no longer funding the scanning of books through the Internet Archive.[3] Microsoft removed any contractual restrictions on the content they had scanned and they relinquished the scanning equipment to their digitization partners and libraries to continue digitization programs.[3] Between about 2006 and 2008 Microsoft sponsored the scanning of over 750,000 books, 300,000 of which are now part of the Internet Archive's on-line collections.
  • Miller S. on 30 Mar 10
     
    This wikipedia page talks about the OCA(Open Content Alliance). This website tells how this alliance is contributing to the growth of Open Content and how it is helping the idea of Open Content to become more widely used throughout the world.
Emily Lord

Google Scholar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Emily Lord on 18 Mar 10
     
    Much like Google Books, but specializing in scholarly materials.
Austin M

Google Says Glitch Blocks China Service - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Austin M on 30 Mar 10
     
    China is blaming Google for there technical difficulties.
Vicki Davis

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  • Vicki Davis on 08 Mar 10
     
    This video shows how to use itouch and google docs for a classroom. (I prefer polleverywhere for this.) This video demonstrates how to do this.
  • Vicki Davis on 08 Mar 10
     
    Harnessing itouches as an inexpensive way to use a voting system in the classroom. Thsi video shows you how.
Alix R

Technology News: Privacy: The Trouble With Augmented Reality and Other Cool Tech - 2 views

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      Alix R on 18 Apr 10
       
      this article brings up the downside of too much technology that could/will/is invading our privacy. It also mentions freedom of choice or customization. Most of the time when I thought of customization I thought of changing the color of something to My favorite color or re-writing something, or choosing how a teacher taught me to fit my learning style, etc... but this article brings up a valid point that collides new technology with privacy with customization. We are consumers and contributers to society should be able to choose what information we want shared with the world via facebook, twitter, Google Maps, etc. If augmented reality is going in a direction where it over lays our flickr photos onto the real world (Bing Maps) and allows us to view someones live video feed from the phone (Bing Maps) then we should chose whether we want that information shared or not....etc...
Krysta M

Divx.nl - Technology in 2010 Charge Portable Devices Without Cords; Apple Tablet (a Big... - 1 views

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  • Krysta M on 22 Mar 10
     
    Portable device chargers that are on the go, you just lay your phone or ipod on a pad and it charges them, cordlessly! More mobile.
Nicholas B

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  • 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.
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.
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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
     
    Inventions
Tinsley K

define: Augmented reality - Google Search - 0 views

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  • Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with
  • A reality that is augmented by a computer
  • refers to a display in which simulated imagery, graphics, or symbology is superimposed on a view of the surrounding environmen
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  • The use of transparent HMDs to overlay computer generated images onto the physical environment. Precisely calibrated, rapid head tracking is required to sustain the illusion.
  • is an interactive 3D environment that blends with our physical reality; the capability to link the virtual world with the physical world through for example a “superman vision” where a video image is superimposed with a 3D model of the same environment and adding hidden information ...
  • Augmented Reality (AR) describes the enrichment of the real world with the virtual. By using Mobile Devices and implants, users will be able to .
  • www.ontolinux.com/technology/terms.htm
Alix R

X ray vision phones - 1 views

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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.
Emily Lord

Google Books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Emily Lord on 18 Mar 10
     
    An electronic interface in which the user can either view or download pages or entire books.
Francesca C

ARhrrrr - ein Augmented-Reality-Shooter - 0 views

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Mobile Computiong Augmented Reality

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  • Francesca C on 22 Mar 10
     
    Shows how a moblie platform can be used to launched augmented reality (AR) games.
Emily Lord

Google Books Settlement Facing Scrutiny - 0 views

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  • Emily Lord on 16 Apr 10
     
    concerns center on a possible monopoly, invasion of privacy.
Alix R

Howstuffworks "How Augmented Reality Will Work" - 1 views

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  • 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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