Tag archive: Augmented Reality

Best known for its fun, but unstylish, video display glasses, Vuzix has been pushing forward with its augmented reality technology for what seems like eons. But this year, it becomes a reality. At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, the company debuted its new SMART high-definition display engines and waveguide optics, which display a holographic-like full-color image on a see-through lens that measures just 1.4mm thick. Developed with the help… Read More

At 9 a.m. U.K. time this morning, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop kicked off Nokia World 2011 by unveiling six new phones including its first two Windows Phone 7.5 handsets: the Lumia 800 and the cheaper Lumia 710. Unfortunately for those of us in the States, they won't be coming to the U.S. until sometime in 2012.  Below is a breakdown of each device and some of Nokia's additions to the Windows Phone platform. These devices are already… Read More

It's been a while since camera makers have introduced significant new features that appeal directly to consumers—sure, there was red-eye reduction, face detection, smile detection, and panoramas, but most new features in point-and-shoot cameras are more evolutionary than revolutionary. So it's nice to see Fujifilm continuing to think outside the box with its new FinePix F600 EXR—it's a slim 16-megapixel… Read More

Kicking off its BlackBerry World conference, which opens tomorrow, RIM today officially unveiled the BlackBerry 9900 and 9930. Part of the Bold line, the phones are the first to run BlackBerry 7 OS, a redesigned version of BB 6 that appears to look more like the PlayBook's Tablet OS.  The two phones, which were leaked earlier this year, feature a 1.2GHz processor, a “Liquid Graphics” touchscreen, HSPA+ support, 720p HD video… Read More

Have you watched a football game on TV in the last few years? If so, you already know what augmented reality is all about. Broadcasters digitally add in the 1st down line as you watch. This adding of digital graphics to a realistic image is augmented reality. Augmented reality is not a cool name. Like net neutrality or cloud computing, it doesn't sound great and no one seems to understand what it is until you explain it to them. I was one… Read More

(check out more photos of the NGP here.) After weeks of rampant speculation over the future of the PlayStation Portable brand, Sony has unveiled the next evolution of its handheld lineup: the Sony NGP, or “Next Generation Portable.” The new handheld is not the device we saw the other day, either. Sony claims the new device is as powerful as a PlayStation 3 and has software to back it up. At the unveiling, Konami's Hideo Kojima… Read More

Nintendo has unveiled the full list of 3DS games it will show at Nintendo World 2011 show in Tokyo from Jan. 8-10. 32 titles have made the list, 15 of which will be playable at the show. If you can read Japanese, the list is right here. If not, then maybe this list will help ease your lingual ineptitude. Highlights of the list include a new Professor Layton title, the long awaited Kid Icarus revival, a remake of Ocarina of Time, Nintendogs +… Read More

I’ve been messing with AMD Eyefinity stuff for several months and NVIDIA’s 3D Vision platform for around year. Both are really cool, but have severe limitations that reduce their usefulness which seem to have less and less to do with the technology from each firm and more to do with the limitations of the displays that are available. There is another big push on head mounted displays coming and since I’m one of the few that used, for awhile,… Read More

First there were Rebook Pumps. Then LA Lights, Heelys, Z-Coils and Shapeups. Now you can add more bullet point to the long list of shoe gimmicks: augmented reality. Adidas’ Originals Augmented Reality shoes deliver on the premise of augmented reality – virtual objects superimposed onto real life – with a simple marker sewn into the tongue. After picking up one of the five Originals varieties available in an AR flavor – Superstar, Stan… Read More

There have been many awe-inspiring augmented reality demonstrations last year, with promise of more innovation and focus on the virtual effect in 2010. The best way to get a hold of this intriguing technology is to fill your smartphone with mobile AR apps. Augmented reality apps are more than just a cool accessory for your mobile phone, they are actually very useful, educational and of course entertaining. Here are our top picks for the best AR… Read More

The December issue of Esquire Magazine is finally out and highlights new Augmented Reality technology. Special pages in this issue will feature what looks like a crossword puzzle barcode. Just install the software from Esquire's website (available for either Mac or PC) and then once it's activated you can hold the special issue up to the webcam to see a suedo-3D  interactive show/feature from Robert Downey Jr. etc. The whole… Read More

Can’t stop hearing about it in the news, but wondering what makes “augmented reality” (AR) – the concept of overlaying computerized information, digital pop-up windows and/or virtual reality (VR) displays over real-world scenes and imagery – so exciting? Allow us to paint a picture. Imagine. You walk up to an airport terminal and breeze past the airline check-in. Afterwards, a wireless chip in your smartphone uses biometrics to verify your… Read More

As you wait anxiously in the motionless horde of cars tangled in rush hour traffic, you gather surrounding statistics through your digital LED contact lenses. Tom’s Pizzeria is five blocks ahead and was ranked four out of five stars by customer reviews. As for the woman in the beige Honda beside you, she has a Jack Russell Terrier named Charlie, is originally from Texas, and her favorite book is Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The pack… Read More

Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly. Robert Downey Jr. emerges out of the on-screen page in 3-D, offering half-improvised shtick on Esquire's latest high-tech experiment for keeping print magazines relevant amid the digital onslaught. Esquire's top… Read More