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Augmented reality app lets users try on clothes in virtual dressing room

, Sep 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

I'm not one of the people that hate to shop. I will go shopping with the wife, but I draw the line at sitting in the guy chair in the ladies store while she tries on clothes for an hour. A cool new augmented reality app is being shown off by a company called immediaC that lets people try on clothes in a virtual dressing room. Read The Full Story

QderoPateo Articulated Naturality Web Elevates Augmented Reality to a New Level

, Sep 21st 2010 Discuss [4]

Some of the best applications out there for our favorite smartphones are based on the idea of Augmented Reality (AR). Utilizing the technology to get real-time information, just by looking at the world through your smartphone, is a cool idea, with plenty of people utilizing the technology to make new things even more interesting. But some companies can't leave well enough alone, and want to make things even better. For example, QderoPateo Communications (QPC) has been hard at work on their Articulated Naturality experience, and now it looks like they've gone full-tilt, bringing Articulated Naturality Web to the forefront, and showing off everything it can do. Read The Full Story

Apple buy Polar Rose facial-recognition specialists: AR Recognizr coming to iPhone?

, Sep 20th 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple has apparently acquired facial recognition specialists Polar Rose, who until now had been using their technology to offer automatic tagging in apps and social networking services like Facebook and Picasa.  The deal - which is rumored to be worth $22m - could see Apple integrate Polar Rose's advanced face detection system into their own iPhoto app, or alternatively use it for biometric security.  However, Polar Rose are also behind the technology used in the Recognizr demo, an AR app for mobile devices that could identify people and overlay social networking links around them on the smartphone display. Read The Full Story

Plane Finder AR tracks flights with iPhone 4

, Sep 20th 2010 Discuss [1]

Augmented reality will be truly useful when it can discretely tell us the names of the people we talk to at press events and so help avoid exposing our awful memories, but until then we'll make do with knowing what planes are in the sky.  Plane Finder AR - for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 - is a $2.99 app that promises to identify which aircraft are overhead and label them in real-time using the Apple smartphone's camera. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm AR Digital Photo Frame demo [Video] [Updated]

, Sep 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm are holding their annual IQ event in London today, and while the company has confirmed that their 1.5GHz Snapdragon chipset for smartphones and tablets is due in Q1 2011 (Update: the 1.5GHz actually won’t be until near the end of 2011; the 1.2GHz will arrive in Q1 2011) more interesting perhaps is their AR photo frame demo. Currently running as an Android app, the system allows users to take a photo on their smartphone, point the handset’s camera at a digital photo frame, and then instantly squirt the image over to it.

Update: Technical details added after the cut

Video demo after the cut

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Parrot AR.Drone Available for Preorder Now, Ships September 3rd for $299

, Jul 29th 2010 Discuss [3]

Parrot's AR.Drone is one of the greatest pieces of gadgetry and tech we've played with in awhile, and that goes beyond our love for flying objects that we can control. The quadricopter, which we managed to get some hands-on time with back at the end of June, is keeping right on track with its time frame, and it's available for preorder right now. Read The Full Story

Olympus PEN E-PL1 gets augmented reality demo [Video]

, Jul 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

You might remember the augmented reality business cards we wrote about all the way back in July 2009; well, Olympus has taken the same idea and turned it into a pretty neat interactive demo for their PEN E-PL1 micro-four-thirds camera.  Using a paper cut-out of the E-PL1 and your computer's webcam, the demo can show a life-sized 3D representation of the camera with clickable features, working still and video capture, and instant upload of content you create to Facebook and YouTube. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Brother AiRScouter AR retina scanning display demonstrated

, Jul 21st 2010 Discuss [3]

Brother has been showing off its latest head-mounted display, and while the Brother AiRScouter can't exactly be described as discreet, if you could put up with the confused glances the functionality could be pretty handy.  The AiRScouter uses a retinal scanning display, which basically projects a virtual image directly onto the retina. Read The Full Story

Road SMS Augmented Reality messaging app video demo

, Jul 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung has taken it upon itself to rescue avid Android texters from the dangers of sturdy street furniture with Road SMS, a free download that overlays a QWERTY keyboard on top of a live feed from the camera.  We've been putting it through its paces over at Android Community - together with flagging up some of the issues - but you can get a sneak peak of our hands-on (or, as the photo shows, our hands-through) video after the cut. Read The Full Story

Parrot AR.Drone official: $299 from September

, Jun 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Parrot's AR.Drone was the surprise hit of CES 2010, and it seemed that even the French company themselves were overwhelmed by interest in the iPhone-controlled quadricopter.  Since then they've been stringing us along with the promise of a full launch at E3 2010, and that moment has finally come. The Parrot AR.Drone will hit the US in September 2010, priced at $299. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

LuminAR digital desk-lamp packs pico, camera & gesture UI [Video]

, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

We've seen combinations of pico-projectors and cameras used for new interface systems before - perhaps most memorably the wearable "Sixth Sense" computer - but MIT Media Lab researcher's Natan Linder's LuminAR is perhaps the first to include an angle-poise robot too.  At its core, the "LuminAR bulb" is a pico-projector, a camera and the necessary electronics combined into a standard screw-mount, capable of projecting an interface onto your table or wall and tracking touch and motion gestures you make toward it.  When screwed into a robotic arm, however, the whole thing gets even more impressive. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Wikitude Drive AR sat-nav app for Android hits beta [Video]

, May 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Wikitude have announced the first beta of their augmented reality PND app for Android smartphones, Wikitude Drive, which overlays directions and guidance information on top of a live view of the road ahead.  Available in the Android Market today from 10am PST - though only for 2,000 downloads - Wikitude Drive is, the company reckons, safer than a standard PND because even when you're looking at the display, you're also seeing what's happening in front of your car. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story
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