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DIY Google Glass puts iOS in front of your eyes

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google may be beavering away on the last stages of Project Glass before the Explorer version arrives with developers, but meanwhile DIY wearable computers are springing up, some with Apple’s iOS at their core. A straightforward combination of an iPod touch, off-the-shelf wearable display, Bluetooth camera and a set of safety goggles was enough for AI researcher Rod Furlan to get a glimpse at the benefits of augmented reality, he writes at IEEE Spectrum, though the headset raised as many questions as it provided answers.

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Google Glass “in flux”: Battery, cloud apps & controls still work-in-progress

, Jan 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google’s Project Glass is still on track to arrive with developers “early this year,” project lead Babak Parviz insists, with the wearable computer still undergoing work to refine the hardware, boost battery life, and develop compelling apps. “The feature set for the device is not set yet. It is still in flux,” Parviz told IEEE Spectrum, suggesting that Google still isn’t willing to cite specific features beyond the photo/video capture and messaging already demonstrated.

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Google Glass spotted in wild with prescription lenses

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Google's Glass wearable computer has been spotted in the wild in New York City, complete with what appears to be integrated prescription lenses. The bright red augmented reality headset - set to ship to developers in $1,500 Explorer Edition form early in the new year - was spotted by a Road to Virtual Reality tipster on what's presumably a lucky Googler testing Glass while out and about. Read The Full Story

DIY augmented reality eyepatch boosts senses

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Augmented reality has blown up in 2012 thanks to Google's Project Glass, but a DIY eyepiece likened to a hearing aid for those without 3D vision shows there's more to wearables than recording point-of-view video. Gregory McRoberts' Borg-like DIY eyepatch augments his vision with senses humans wouldn't normally be blessed with: the ability to "see" temperature and precise distance. Read The Full Story

Google Glass bone conduction earpiece tipped for private audio

, Dec 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has used bone conduction for its Project Glass wearable computer, it's claimed, promising discrete notifications that only the wearer themselves can hear. The headset makes contact with the mastoid process, linked directly to the middle ear, insiders tell Geek, meaning any audio output - such as new messages, Google+ alerts, or other notifications - is piped in directly, completely inaudible to those around the Glass owner, and yet can still be perceived despite high background noise. Read The Full Story

Google Maps hitting Nintendo Wii U with augmented reality exploration

, Dec 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Though the Nintendo Wii U is indeed a stationary sort of gaming machine, that's not stopping the folks at Google Maps from making an app for the platform - with augmented reality, no less! This app allows you to not just find your way around your city before you head out of your house, it allows you to check out Street View with a fully interactive look-around mode from your Wii U GamePad. This means you can bring up the Street View images from downtown Rome and use your Gamepad screen like a window, moving it around yourself looking up, down, left, right, all around and see what the original Street View camera saw - like magic! Read The Full Story

Mojang launches Minecraft Reality for iOS

, Nov 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've ever caught yourself wishing that real life was like Minecraft, then boy does Mojang have the app for you. Developed primarily by studio 13th Lab, Minecraft Reality is a new augmented reality iOS app that allows you to drop your most cherished Minecraft creations into the real world. Do you particularly like that towering Pikachu pixel art you made with Minecraft blocks? Why not place it into the real world and see what it would look like if a giant Pikachu invaded New York City? Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Google Glass rival tech tips AR for live events

, Nov 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is working on its own Google Glass alternative, a wearable computer which can overlay real-time data onto a user’s view of the world around them. The research, outed in a patent application published today for “Event Augmentation with Real-Time Information” (No. 20120293548), centers on a special set of digital eyewear with one or both lenses capable of injecting computer graphics and text into the user’s line of sight, such as to label players in a sports game, flag up interesting statistics, or even identify objects and offer contextually-relevant information about them.

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Google Ingress revealed as massive augmented smartphone adventure

, Nov 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Those of you with Android devices should get mega pumped-up at the word we’re seeing today from Google – word of a massive game played by everyone with a device that’s ready to take on their environment straight through their back-facing camera. This game goes by the name Ingress and was up until now shown as a viral ad collection by the name of Niantic Labs. This game is still just a bit cryptic, but appears to be having users walk around their city finding clues and solving mysteries by tapping locations when they discover magical properties through their smartphone’s camera.

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Vuzix Smart Glasses M100 takes on Google Glass in 2013

, Nov 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vuzix has revealed its challenge to Google’s Glass, the Vuzix Smart Glasses M100, a wearable Android computer set to hit the market in early 2013. Resembling an oversized Bluetooth headset, the Ice Cream Sandwich-based M100 consists of a virtual display eyepiece, integrated WiFi and Bluetooth, a 720p HD camera, and head-tracking sensors, and can work in partnership with your iOS or Android smartphone for all manner of augmented reality applications.

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Vuzix STAR 1200 XL see-through AR headset gets even more immersive

, Sep 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vuzix has revealed its latest augmented reality headset, the STAR 1200 XL, featuring transparent lenses for overlaying digital graphics on top of the wearer's view of the real world. Billed as see-through eyewear, the STAR 1200 XL offers a Wide Field of View (WFOV) perspective for 35-degree graphics, with each eyepiece running at WVGA 852 x 480 resolution. Read The Full Story

Quantigraphic camera promises HDR eyesight from Father of AR

, Sep 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Augmented reality isn't just a gimmick for Google Glass and Nokia City Lens, but could make industrial work safer and improve visibility for those with partial sight, according to new research. The team at Eyetap, led by "father of AR" Professor Steve Mann, has cooked up a so-called quantigraphic camera for a new WeldCam HDRchitecture (HDRchitecture) helmet that rather than simply mask the bright lighting produced by welding equipment, actually uses HDR photography techniques to pick out the details the wearer most needs to see. Read The Full Story
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