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Two reasons to Tango: Augmented reality gets fun at Google I/O

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Posted by Florence Ion on 20 May 2017 8:00 am
There are plenty of practical applications for AR, not to mention entertaining ones, and Google's objective is to uncover them all. */ /*-->*/ Augmented reality's proliferation is slowly picking up pace. But with the way Google had it exhibited at Google I/O, you would have thought it was already as ubiquitous and commonly referred as other technologies we've come to rely on. It's...

The ORA-X Android-powered smart headphones look to combine audio and augmented reality

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 20 Oct 2015 2:24 pm
Crowdfunding campaigns are a place for people to present some off-the-wall ideas in an effort to get people to fund them. A new product is looking to combine the best audio and augmented reality experience in a single unit, and its called the ORA-X.

Goodnight Lad — an augmented reality bedtime story

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Posted by Russell Holly on 21 Jul 2015 2:42 pm
I don't usually bring my smartphone in for a bedtime story, but a recent Kickstarter reward I received gave me reason to consider it. Goodnight Lad is a young children's story where every page is extended through the use of augmented reality. You install the app, point your phone at the page, and the main character and his friends spring to life for your child. It's a clever use of AR, not...

Motorola 'Windy Day' video teases augmented reality app coming Oct. 29

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 24 Oct 2013 6:05 pm
Motorola 'Windy Day' video
Pixar animation technology seemingly making its way to a Moto X-exclusive game The Motorola YouTube account has just posted a new video teasing upcoming news. Titled "Windy Day," the video shows several people being handed a Moto X and twirling around — as one would with an augmented reality app or game — with the video description reading: A mouse, a red hat, a windy day and a smile. This...

Teaching kids with Big Bird, smartphones and augmented reality

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 8 Jan 2013 6:34 pm
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I'll admit it -- I've rolled my eyes and filled up my e-mail's trash can and the hundreds and hundreds of mentions of "augmented reality" -- that technology that uses your phone's camera and puts cool things on the screen, on top of real life. But maybe I've been looking at it all wrong. It's not all about goofy symbols and flashing signs for places to go and putting funny faces on people....

Android and augmented reality make this model TARDIS bigger on the inside

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 22 Dec 2012 5:18 pm
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Chances are, you know a Doctor Who fan. Greg Kumparak, formerly of Tech Crunch is also a (pretty big) Doctor Who fan, and decided to get a little crafty and build his own TARDIS. As explained in the video above, a TARDIS is a vehicle to drive you through space and time, that just happens to look like a 1960s era British police call box. Greg's looks pretty authentic after a nice paint job. But...

Android-powered Vuzix M100 aims to take on Google Glass

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Posted by Simon Sage on 13 Nov 2012 1:52 pm
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Vuzix has announced the latest in their line of video-enabled eyewear, and it's going to be competing pretty directly with Google Glass. The M100 will run a tailored version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich, will pair up with devices over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to support augmented reality (among other) apps, and project a WQVGA display to the eye, which works out to (about 432 x 240). The front camera...

Wikitude update adds image recognition, enables quick exchange rate checking

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Posted by Simon Sage on 17 Aug 2012 10:57 am
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Wikitude has updated their augmented reality platform to version 7.5 with tools for image recognition. To demo the new capabilities, they've added a feature to their app that can scan money and provide immediate information on exchange rates for the currency you're looking at. Wikitude 7.5 has a handful of other features for developers as well.  HTML Drawables: it is easier to create complex...

London Science Museum goes mobile with an augmented reality app

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Posted by Richard Devine on 26 Apr 2012 2:10 am
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Using your Android phone in a museum might not be your first thought, but if you head to the London Science Museum that is exactly what you should do. Featuring well known British TV personality, Top Gear's James May, their Science Stories app takes advantage of augmented reality technology to bring the museum alive.  May will be your own personal guide to 9 of the best exhibits in the "Making...

Google may be working on Android-powered augmented reality glasses

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Posted by Simon Sage on 7 Feb 2012 3:26 pm
Steampunk goggles
Rumor has it Google Goggles may become more than just an image recognition app for your smartphone. An anonymous source claims to have seen a pair of glasses being prototyped at Google that will run Android and connect to the cloud either through local Wi-Fi or when tethered to the internet over Bluetooth to your smartphone. Outward-facing cameras would capture the world, and overlay the image...

iOnRoad - Using augmented reality for safer driving

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Posted by Bla1ze on 3 Nov 2011 2:18 pm
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For the past few years, apps for safer driving have been popping up all over the place -- all seeking to keep you safe on the road but when you think of augmented reality, that's not likely something you relate to safer driving. iOnRoad is looking to change that with their beta application released a few days ago: iOnRoad improves driving in real-time using the power of advanced smartphones....

Droid Bionic ARena app live on Android Market, the game starts shortly

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 2 Sep 2011 6:16 pm
Bionic ARena
Ready to try your hand at winning a Motorola Droid Bionic, and another "machine" to control with it?  To make it even better, how about using a fancy Augmented Reality app to assist in the nationwide scavenger hunt?  Yeah, now we have your attention. The Droid Bionic ARena scavenger hint kicks off Sep. 4, with a chance to win one of 16 Motorola Droid Bionic smartphones, coupled with an HDTV, an...

LG and Wikitude team up to launch 3D augmented reality browser

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Posted by Bla1ze on 9 May 2011 10:22 pm
LG Optimus 3D Wikitude
The announcements surrounding the LG Optimus 3D keep coming, LG has just issued a press release letting everyone know they have now teamed up with Wikitude to make available the World’s first three dimensional augmented reality browser. From the press release: “AR technology has been praised for its potential to replace the ‘abstract’ realities of standard mobile browsers with ‘actual’ reality...

Valpak launches location based coupons with Junaio augmented reality

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Posted by Bla1ze on 29 Mar 2011 2:50 pm
Everybody likes to save money,and a lot of folks do so with coupons. Sadly, there has never really been a cool way to use coupons and cutting them out of newspapers and such just feels so -- old school. Valpak knows this and has taken their coupon services to the next level by teaming up with Junaio. Now, through the use of augmented reality, you'll be able to see who all is offering coupons...

Lookator gives a whole new angle to viewing available Wi-Fi networks

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 5 Nov 2010 3:24 pm
While out and about, many of us search for available wireless networks to connect to, and Lookator gives you a whole new way to search. Viewing items on a map can be a bit confusing, especially if you are in an area that is loaded with buildings, but with the new view it is easy to tell. After loading the free application, it will launch your phone's camera. Any available networks will be...

Qualcomm teams with Mattel, Ga. Tech for Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Androids

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Posted by Ali Fazel on 7 Jul 2010 1:23 pm
  And now for something truly awesome. Some fellas from Georgia Tech (Go Jackets!), in partnership with Qualcomm in their Augmented Reality Game Studio, have created a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots game using Qualcomm's new Augmented Reality platform and recently-introduced SDK. You just point the app at a special arena map and the robots spring to life in your world. As a bonus, Qualcomm has included...

Yelp 2.0 brings monocle and checkins to its Android client

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 5 Jul 2010 10:33 am
Yelp has brought their 2.0 Android client to the Market, and it has some very nice features in tow.  You can now check in to the places Yelp helps you find, and use "monocle" (an augmented virtual reality layer of sorts) to help you find them.  These two features were sorely missed in the previous versions of the Android client.Check-ins are fairly self explanatory, but let me explain monocle to...

Layar Augmented Reality App Shows Off 3D Engine

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Posted by Casey Chan on 23 Sep 2009 5:55 am
The next big feature for smartphones (and all mobile devices, really) is the augmented reality browser. Augmented Reality applications show the world around you in a brand new way--through the looking glass of your smartphone. Layar is a pioneer of this new method of 'seeing the world' and they've just unveiled their 3D-engine to make their browser all the more real.The 3D-engine in the Layar...

Layar Augmented Reality App Now Available in Android Market

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Posted by Casey Chan on 18 Aug 2009 5:19 am
 Layar, the world's first mobile augmented reality application, is now available for Android in Android Market. We urge you to go download it. Like right now. Okay. To give you a brief introduction on what Layar is, you can either watch this video or read our own description:Layar uses Android's GPS, camera, and compass features to display real-time information on the world before you. Think of...

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