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Sony: We won’t make PSP mistakes with PS Vita

, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [8]

Sony has admitted it made a mistake with how PSP games were handled, dropping the ball when the PS3 arrived, and insists that it will not make the same mistake the the PS Vita. ""In the past we launched PSP and then shifted our attention to PS3 when that came on the horizon, which we now concede was a mistake" Sony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida told the official PlayStation blog, "so with PS Vita we are working on this huge range titles and planning ahead for a constant supply of excellent games." Read The Full Story

Google grabs Clever Sense for Siri-beating local recommendations

, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Google's Majel Siri-rival could soon be delivering personalized entertainment suggestions on Android smartphones, with the news that the search giant has acquired AI recommendations service Clever Sense. The software company produces Alfred, an Android and iOS app that promises to curate nearby restaurants and make suggestions it believes fits with the user's tastes, with a combination of artificial intelligence and machine-learning improving results over time. Clever Sense's team will join Google's local services division, though the potential for future Android integration is huge. Read The Full Story

ST1080 head mounted augmented reality display gets priced

, Dec 7th 2011 Discuss [4]

There are a number of head mounted displays on the market today that try and look like sunglasses and offer you a simulated larger screen for your video watching. We have talked about the offerings from Vuzix in the past with the firm showing off the Wrap 1200VR a couple months back. A new competitor on the market is from a company called Silicon Micro Display (SMD) and the glasses are the ST1080. Read The Full Story

AR-enabled contact lenses tested on rabbits

, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [6]

Researchers are working on a crazy set of contact lenses that will allow the user to get augmented reality information projected right on their eye. Today we need a smartphone to view augmented reality data, but that might not always be the deal. If these contacts come to pass, there could be a whole new world of augmented reality for a myriad of uses. Read The Full Story

Ford 2012 Escape promoted with augmented reality experience

, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

When you want to see what a product looks like in the space you live in, on your doorstep, in your yard, or in this case, on the baseball field, you use augmented reality - and that's just what Ford has done in collaboration with the folks at GoldRun to promote their new 2012 Ford Escape. What they did was promote the vehicle with what they so plainly called "the Campain," one in which users were invited to participate in either an L.A. Adventure or a Nationwide hunt. Users on the L.A. Adventure took part in a 3-day scavenger hunt through downtown Los Angeles during Blog World Expo 2011, capturing unique AR objects as they went, secret messages and content included, prizes in the wings! Read The Full Story

NEC TeleScouter offers wearable AR with Borg style

, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

NEC has launched a wearable computer, the NEC TeleScouter, intended to allow fieldworkers to consult a virtual 16-inch transparent display projected in front of them while they go about their business. Consisting of a Brother AirScouter wearable display and a compact 500MHz ARM-based computer packing WiFi a/b/g and Bluetooth, the system currently targets industrial augmented reality (AR) applications, but NEC sees the future being far broader. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm DVD augmented reality hands-on [Video]

, Sep 15th 2011 Discuss [3]

Qualcomm’s pretty keen on its “Digital 6th Sense” idea, and having played with the company’s latest DVD augmented reality app we’re starting to see why. Capable of recognizing DVD covers and overlaying live streams of preview clips on top of them on your smartphone’s display, the app isn’t just AR for the sake of it but an example of how modern chipsets like Snapdragon are capable of some seriously impressive real-time crunching. Check out our hands-on after the cut.

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Qualcomm demos Digital 6th Sense [Video]

, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm has outlined its expectations for a “Digital 6th Sense” – the integration of augmented reality technologies that aren’t just marketing gimmicks but which streamline the way we interact with devices and content. CEO Paul Jacobs demonstrated two implementations at IQ2011 this morning, first a DVD/Blu-ray preview system that can display multiple trailer streams based on which DVD cases your smartphone camera is pointed at, and then a gesture-based interface that turns a handset’s microphone into an ultrasound sensor. It’s what Jacobs describes as the company’s vision of “the internet of everything.”

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Vuzix STAR 1200 augmented reality headset hands-on [Video]

, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Vuzix has demonstrated its latest augmented reality (AR) glasses for the first time, the Vuzix STAR 1200 (See-Through Augmented Reality), intended to drive development of personal head-up displays. Shown to SlashGear at ShowStoppers during IFA 2011 today, the STAR headset is a development of the WRAP 920AR we tested all the way back at CES 2010; however, the STAR system uses a pair of transparent 852 x 480 displays that allow you to see the real world with computer graphics overlaid on top.

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Droid Bionic Augmented Reality scavenger hunt ARena App released

, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [10]

The Droid Bionic is set to launch on September 8 and in the days leading up to the release, eager fans will get a chance to win their own Droid Bionic by participating in a scavenger hunt. The event was just initiated yesterday on DroidDoes.com and @DroidLanding, but today the augmented reality app required to follow the clues has been released. It's called ARena and can be downloaded from the Android Market. Read The Full Story

Apple patent app reveals advanced “Maps + Compass” feature with augmented reality

, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

A new Apple patent application has surfaced today, revealing that the company has some interesting plans ahead for its "Map + Compass" iOS feature. Titled "Augmented Reality Maps," the patent application shows that future updates to the iOS Maps app could incorporate the use of the iPhone's camera and its various sensors to provide mapping data to visually augment live video and images. Read The Full Story

Layar Vision puts augmented reality over real-world items sans tags

, Aug 2nd 2011 Discuss [5]

I think augmented reality is pretty cool especially when the AR has to do with giving more product details on something you are looking at or when the AR is just plain cool. The thing is that generally, the AR coolness requires the products to be tagged and I have yet to see a product with a tag in my travels that supports AR. Read The Full Story
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