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Howstuffworks "How Augmented Reality Will Work" - 1 views

www.howstuffworks.com/...printable 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
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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,
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      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.
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      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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Descending Clouds - Society and Augmented Reality 101 | PERSONALIZE MEDIA - 1 views

www.personalizemedia.com/iety-and-augmented-reality-101 augmentedreality internet cloud connect persona social media cloud computing content cloud eyetap.org
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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.
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      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?
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      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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Augmented Reality in Education by Mark Billinghurst - 0 views

www.newhorizons.org/...billinghurst.htm augmentedreality education technology future virtual reality AR HMD
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  • enhance collaborative tasks.
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    Customization!! The user of this technology no longer has to settle for two-dimention diagrams or not having enough information at hand. Each individual is able to use AR to help them better learn and understand. They can choose what works best for them, manipulating diagrams and performing virtual
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    procedures in order to customize their learning. They are customizing their own learning because they are given additional options and opportunities to learn more instead of only guided to follow the specific teaching technique of the teacher(which not always works for each student).
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    Each student is able to view different angles of each diagram when they feel they need more help understanding what it is about, or performing a procedure multiple times from multiple angles when more practice is needed.
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GM's Awesome Augmented Reality Windshield [VIDEO] - 4 views

mashable.com/...gm-ar-windshield augmentedreality General Motors navigation camera based sensors
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  • an ordinary windshield into an augmented reality information dashboard.
  • improve safety
  • advance knowledge behind the wheel
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  • visually identifying important objects in physical space like road signs and the edges of the road you’re on in conditions of poor visibility
  • GPS functions right into the dashboard by outlining the exact building you’re going to
  • The HUD windshield uses night vision, navigation and camera-based sensors to gather data relevant to your surroundings as you drive, and ultraviolet lasers project corresponding images onto the windshield surface.
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Augmented Reality - Explained by Common Craft - 5 views

commoncraft.com/augmented-reality-video augmentedreality Common Craft Flat Classroom Project smartphone computer technology
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  • An introduction to a new technology that adds a layer of useful information to computer and smartphone camera screens
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps | Video on TED.com - 0 views

www.ted.com/...blaise_aguera.html Simple Augmented Reality Flat Classroom Project Ted Talks
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    TED Talks. A demonstration of Augmented Reality technology and how it is used today, for more than video games. Most people use this technology everyday.
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Augmented Reality - VFX Breakdown on Vimeo - 0 views

vimeo.com/2486581 Simple Augmented Reality Flat Classroom Project
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  • Alix R on 22 Mar 10
     
    This is just an interesting video that demonstates different Augmented Realities and ways it is used. Not educational on the technology behind it, but still good to see.
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Demo: Stunning data visualization in the AlloSphere | Video on TED.com - 0 views

www.ted.com/...orin_tours_the_allosphere.html datavisualization tedtalks
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    JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously unseen patterns that could lead to new discoveries
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Technology News: Privacy: The Trouble With Augmented Reality and Other Cool Tech - 2 views

www.technewsworld.com/...69413.html augmentedreality privacy google buzz facebook bing social networking realtime technology interact virtual choice customization
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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...
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