Someone at Hasbro has obviously been digging through the internet archives and decided that what iPhone and iPod touch users are crying out for is a 3D viewer for their Apple device. The Hasbro my3D is a stereoscopic viewer that your iPhone slots into, showing entertainment, gaming and other content in 3D.
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 41 2010
This was a big week for mobile phone fans with the unveiling and leaks of hoards of Windows Phone 7 handsets. Among those handsets was the HTC HD7 also known as the Schubert. The specs of the handset leaked Monday. T-Mobile's pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the US also leaked early in the week. The device will be $399 with a new contract after a $50 MIR or $649 sans contract.
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Vuzix WRAP 920AR augmented reality glasses now shipping
If you are a fan of augmented reality gear, you may recall the Vuzix augmented reality glasses called the Wrap 920AR. We first spied the glasses back in January and then we spent a bit of hands on time with the 920AR at CES. If you liked the glasses and wanted a set for yourself the good news is that the things are finally shipping.
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The Daily Slash: October 6th 2010
With CTIA officially kicked off, it was a pretty busy few hours there earlier this afternoon. And with more events planned, and some not even at CTIA, it looks like the rest of the week is going to be just as busy. In our story caught from around the Web, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus have teamed up to create some Augmented Reality glasses. And then, as we usually do around this time of the night, we'll wrap up what's happening around the R3 Media Network.
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Qualcomm Augmented Reality SDK for Android released
Qualcomm's augmented reality photo frames were perhaps the most memorable demo from the company's IQ 2010 event last month, and as promised they're releasing the necessary SDK for developers to do something similar themselves. The Qualcomm Augmented Reality SDK for Android uses vision rather than GPS to anchor on-screen graphics to real-world objects, as with the company's Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots game.
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Augmented reality app lets users try on clothes in virtual dressing room
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.
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QderoPateo Articulated Naturality Web Elevates Augmented Reality to a New Level
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.
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Apple buy Polar Rose facial-recognition specialists: AR Recognizr coming to iPhone?
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.
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Plane Finder AR tracks flights with iPhone 4
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.
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Qualcomm AR Digital Photo Frame demo [Video] [Updated]
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.
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Parrot AR.Drone Available for Preorder Now, Ships September 3rd for $299
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.
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Olympus PEN E-PL1 gets augmented reality demo [Video]
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.
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