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Nintendo Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards revealed

, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [2]

Nintendo has shed some light on an as-yet untapped subject for its upcoming 3DS game Kid Icarus: Uprising. The game will have a collectible trading card component to it, requiring players to go to special real-life events to get cards to unlock special content within the game. The cards will be able to be scanned into the game through the 3DS's camera and augmented reality technology. Read The Full Story

Parrot AR.Drone controlled via wearable Android headset

, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Ever since first coming to the market, Parrot's AR.Drone has found a wide variety of uses thanks to its agile nature combined with a camera able to pipe video directly to your smartphone. Controlling the drone and seeing video on such small screens hasn’t always been ideal, though. Thomas Sohmers, tech geek and inventor, has come up with an alternate method of controlling the drone while keeping an eye on the feed. Read The Full Story

Wallit is like Foursquare with chat

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [4]

Wallit is an ambitious little app. It wants to be part Foursquare, part Facebook, part instant messaging, and part augmented reality. The final product is something that is genuinely unique in its own right. The app, which launched for the iPhone and iPad today, lets users create posts on a "Wall" of a stadium or other location, but only if those users are at said location. Read The Full Story

Mobile Projection Unit creates augmented reality Snake game

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

There are woefully few mobile phone games that rise to the same kind of vintage, classic value in the way that Pong, Tetris, and Mario have in other gaming segments. But one of the few titles that do have historic mobile roots is the Nokia game Snake, and now it's making a comeback in a truly larger-than-life way. Read The Full Story

Microsoft demos Kinect 3D desktop and Holoflector augmented reality mirror

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft Research showed off some fascinating new technology concepts with three demo videos, two of which heavily integrate Kinect sensors. The projects include a 3D desktop concept, the IllumiShare remote sharing system, and the Holoflector augmented reality mirror, all of which can find diverse applications in gaming, education, and business. Read The Full Story

Total Immersion takes augmented reality games to new heights

, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Total Immersion, a company dedicated to the niche but growing world of augmented reality technology, has created a new proof-of-concept racing game demo that puts you in the driver's seat. Among the advanced technology is the ability to use a webcam to implant a player's face in the game, complete with a racing helmet behind the wheel. And speaking of the wheel, gamers don't need a special controller; they can just hold up anything shaped like a steering wheel. Read The Full Story

Forget Embarrassment, I’d Wear Google’s AR Glasses

, Feb 23rd 2012 Discuss [24]

I’m a geek, an early-adopter and a lover of science-fiction; I also have relatively little shame: of course I’m the ideal target audience for Google Glasses. If the rumors are to be believed, Google’s wily engineers have used their “20-percent time” to cook up some Android-powered digital goggles, overlaying augmented reality data onto the real-world view. The first generation is likely to be oversized and expensive, but I’ll still probably buy them anyway and wear them with pride. Here’s why, and what I think Google needs to do if its Google Glasses are to succeed.

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Google Glasses wow geeks

, Feb 23rd 2012 Discuss [26]

Google‘s Android-based digital glasses will offer a near-iPhone 4S resolution floating interface for users, sources claim, though opinion remains divided over whether the wearable computer is realistic, useful or even safe. According to a Geek source, the Google Glasses will use a pair of micro LCD displays bouncing a combined 960 x 540 resolution image off two small angled surfaces integrated into the lenses, for the impression of a large screen floating in front of your face. That will be used for gaming, navigation and more.

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Sony feathers PS Vita store

, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [6]

After lackluster game options were blamed for slumping Japanese PS Vita sales, Sony is doing its level best to avoid the same fate in the US and Europe with a range of games and other apps freshly released this morning. Hitting alongside first full in-store sales of the PS Vita, the fresh content includes Live Tweet, Flickr and Netflix, together with Touch My Katamari and Plants Vs Zombies. However there's already controversy over pricing, with Plants Vs Zombies coming in at $14.99. Read The Full Story

Vuzix and NEC scoop Google on cloud-connected Smart Glasses

, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vuzix and NEC BIGLOBE have partnered on cloud-connected Augmented Reality glasses, a wearable display that can identify people and match them with their Facebook and Twitter profiles, in an apparent attempt to get in ahead of Google's HUD Smart Glasses. Based on Vuzix's STAR series of AR video eyewear, which we made fools of ourselves wearing last September, the concept demo uses the headset's integrated camera and a persistent wireless web connection to NEC BIGLOBE's servers, though the potential applications go much further than simply showing you your neighbors latest tweets. Read The Full Story

Bodymetrics PrimeSense 3D Uses Kinect for Body-mapping

, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [1]

Bodymetrics is showcasing body-mapping technology at CES 2012 this week called PrimeSense 3D. It takes advantage off Microsoft Kinect technology to map users' body size and dimensions. An example of its application is with online shopping through partnered retailers. The software matches a person's measurements exactly with the clothing dimensions. Read The Full Story

Vuzix Smart Glasses add AR display to ordinary-looking specs

, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [1]

Vuzix is promising Terminator-style augmented reality head-up displays, without the geeky oversized specs usually associated with the tech, in its new streamlined Smart Glasses. Built around a pair of reasonably ordinary-looking sunglasses, Vuzix's Smart Glasses use some licensed Nokia IP to fit a 1.4mm waveguide lens and a tiny display engine into frames that won't leave you looking like an 70s throwback. Read The Full Story
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