{"id":566,"date":"2009-04-08T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T18:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=566"},"modified":"2009-04-08T22:39:53","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T05:39:53","slug":"augmented-reality-geek-out-with-the-umlaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=566","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality: Geek Out With The Umlaut"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ton of vids and articles exploring the possibilities of Augmented Reality are popping up. Here’s a grip of ’em:<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>iPHONE: <\/strong>Augmented Reality iPhone Demo<\/a> via Touch Arcade<\/a>.
\nGame researcher and director of Georgia Tech’s Augmented Environment Lab (yes, there is one) Blair MacIntyre<\/a> shows a virtual reality pet crossed with the iPhone’s realtime-video feed. It’s a demo now, but only a matter of time before I use it to create a virtual French Bulldog.<\/p>\n

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TEGRA: <\/strong>Augmented Reality Zombie Game <\/a>under dev for the Tegra.
\nBlood splatters onscreen. And if you hover too long the\u00a0 Zombies chuck limbs at you. Cool.
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\nDESKTOP: <\/strong>Papervision x Augmented Reality<\/a>.
\nTry it yourself at the Boffswana site<\/a>. (via Ratcliff<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nXBOX HACK:<\/strong> AR Driving Demo (Flash + FLARtoolkit + xbox controller)<\/a>.
\nfrom Squidder<\/a> figured out how to drive a mini-car on your desktop using an xbox controller, see how<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nBRAND\/AUTOS:<\/strong> AR for the Toyota iQ (via Tenth Dimension<\/a>).
\nWatch for the 1:00 mark.<\/p>\n

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\nBRAND\/AUTOS:<\/strong> Before Toyota got in the AR game, Mini Germany did this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nBOOK:<\/strong> Aliens & UFOs by ArsEdition<\/a> (via Tenth Dimension<\/a>).
\n<\/a>Supposedly “the world’s first consumer-print product with augmented reality features”. One could argue all books have AR features. Read more here<\/a>.
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\nBRAND\/PACKAGING:<\/strong> Doritos Queso Diablo AR Bag
\nBecause who doesn’t want to find a cooked mouse in their bag of chips? Try it yourself here<\/a>. (via DigitalBuzz<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nPRODUCT MODELING: <\/strong>Cool demo showing the possibilities of AR and touch interaction.<\/p>\n

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\nPLAY:<\/strong> Augmented Reality Drum Kit (demo #1)<\/a> from Squidder<\/a>.
\nAnother exploration combining touch technology. (Thanks, Ty<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nBASEBALL CARDS: <\/strong> Topps’ WTF (via ArsTechnica<\/a>)
\nIn trying to breathe life back into collecting, Topps is taking the reality out of Augmented Reality. The super-polygon 3d look is just too artificial. But I do like the idea of playing simple little games with these guys if you’ve got a couple of ’em together. Article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BUSINESS CARD:<\/strong> Check out other stuff from this Japanese design studio BOW<\/a>(?)<\/p>\n

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\nBRAND:<\/strong> GE’s SmartGrid Technology<\/a>
\nMaybe it’s ‘cuz this was the first AR I saw and tried, but I think it’s still the most inspiring ones out there. I love it when the graphics aren’t attached to the paper. Like the glowing Sun hovering above. Nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A ton of vids and articles exploring the possibilities of Augmented Reality are popping up. Here’s a grip of ’em: iPHONE: Augmented Reality iPhone Demo via Touch Arcade. Game researcher and director of Georgia Tech’s Augmented Environment Lab (yes, there is one) Blair MacIntyre shows a virtual reality pet crossed with the iPhone’s realtime-video feed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[238,237,9],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-ar","tag-augmented-reality","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}