Category: AR

Canon shows another concept of HMD glasses at the Industrial Virtual Reality Expo. Well, actually, those are hand-held glasses, that are pretty damn bulky. But the tracking is stable (dinosaurs and copier seem to be tracked through markers, although you can see the silver ART infrared balls on some of the HMDs) and worth a look is their keying for […]

Hey everybody, during this rainy summer I figured, there could be the perfect moment for you to get started with augmented reality, too! You have seen the demos on youtube? You were intrigued by movie effects? But how could you try it out easily and – for now – without any skills in augmented reality or programming? Here is the […]

The guys from tvguide.co.uk seem to have managed a way to upload a video-camera-using iPhone application to the apple store. They claim that it works flawlessly, but only with the latest iPhone 3GS. So it seems, that Apple really opened up the video interface for the new SDK. Unfortunatelly I don’t own a 3GS… maybe someone can comment on first […]

After we all laughed about the guys from Tonchidot, as mentioned before, there is a new company and new hope around. Even with a nice pun name that does not give you a hard AR headache. Easy to remember and it says what it does: puts a layer on your real world: talking about augmented reality that runs on your […]

A new game for the Playstation Portable was announced. Using the camera they allow you to see animals appear on your desk and it looks like a beat-em-up multiplayer. Interesting is the use of new interaction paradigms, like blowing (trigger a storm), shaking (earthquake) or shading your animal friends. The only thing I don’t understand is how they want to […]

As some of you might know, I’m working at the research department for RTT in Munich. So, now it is – for the first time – the moment to show you some work I am doing here. Finally we finished the pilot of our AR work. Now there is an extension to the real-time high-end visualisation software “DeltaGen” available, that […]

The guys from easyweb.fr have a nice showreel online on their website (see below at youtube). It’s pretty impressive projection technology, where blinken lights only began, these guys continue with spatial augmented reality. The projections fits the real geometry and architecture. Take a 3D model of your to-project-to-surface and connect a badd-ass beamer that sports enough ansi lumen… Take a […]

No, this won’t be about violent computer games. I guess it’s more a summer gap issue, but a nice new demo can be seen on the assassin’s creed 2 website. It’s a 3rd person jump-and-sneak 3D game (if you don’t know the first one). Once you’ve seen the trailer you can get to an AR demo: the left button brings […]

A cool demonstrator from beyond reality was shown at the Game Developer Conference. It’s the classic slot car game you’d setup in your children’s room. But this one avoids missing track pieces or monotony. Cool graphics and features, triggered by putting down additional cards, bring extra fun. So far so good. But then again: how to actually use the great […]

This year’s International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality will be held in Orlando, Florida! Check out their fresh website to get the latest information on augmented reality. If you are a researcher or want to be become one, check out the call for participation section and submit your papers and results! Ori from gamesalfresco will be there and keep […]