News tagged with augmented reality
Augmented reality promises astronauts instant medical knowhow
A new augmented reality unit developed by ESA can provide just-in-time medical expertise to astronauts. All they need to do is put on a head-mounted display for 3D guidance in diagnosing problems or even performing ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Darpa researchers design eye-enhancing virtual reality contact lenses
Currently being developed by DARPA researchers at Washington-based Innovega iOptiks are contact lenses that enhance normal vision by allowing a wearer to view virtual and augmented reality images without the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Sony uses Augmented Reality to guide TV buyers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony UK is using Augmented Reality technology in a new online tool to help consumers decide which Sony television size will be best for their walls or tables. For those in a palatial home ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Augmented reality apps have some work to do
Imagine if you could wander the streets of a new city and get monuments and shops to reveal detailed information about themselves in a speech balloon. Like in a cartoon.
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Sony develops 'SmartAR' Integrated Augmented Reality technology
Sony has developed integrated ‘Augmented Reality (hereafter referred to as ‘AR’) technology’ called as “Smart AR.” When capturing visuals through a camera on a device such as ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 19, 2011 |
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Pioneer to sell augmented reality navigation system for cars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality may take us to worlds that worlds that we have never been to before, but augmented reality can make the world that we already live in a better, or at least a more digital, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 10, 2011 |
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Nestle adds augmented reality to cereal boxes
Nestle is out to boost its share of the global breakfast cereal market with a dose of augmented reality supplied by French technology firm Dassault Systemes.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Kinect to help the blind 'see' in augmented reality
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems like there are no shortage of uses for the Kinect system. The device, which was initially created by Microsoft as an add-on to its popular Xbox 360 video game console, to allow users ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Argon, the augmented reality web browser, available now on iPhone
You’re in a bookstore checking out the bestsellers. You scan the book with your iPhone camera and immediately see information floating in the air, provided by the store’s information channel. You ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality
(AP) -- The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Developer preview of Kamra, the first open standards-based mobile augmented reality browser
The Georgia Institute of Technology announces the release of the developer preview of Kamra, the first mobile augmented reality (AR) browser for the KHARMA (KML/HTML Augmented Reality Mobile Architecture) development platform ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Augmented Reality for Your GPS (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- GPS may no longer have to be about following audio directions only, and looking at maps on your screen. Wikitude Drive for Android offers an augmented reality feature that lets you actually ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 21, 2010 |
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Augmented reality brings movie magic to city visits
(PhysOrg.com) -- From the Italy of Visconti to the Spain of Almodovar, many people's first encounter with a foreign country is in the cinema. Imagine if images from the silver screen could be conjured up anew ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Computer-enhanced vision adds a 'sixth sense'
Picture this: As your eyes alight for the first time on a skyscraper in a foreign cityscape, a disembodied voice whispers in your ear the phone number of a posh bar on the top floor.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Augmented reality windshield from GM to show drivers potential hazards (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- General Motors and scientists from the University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University are developing a windshield display that will highlight obstacles or objects on the ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 19, 2010 |
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