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AR system cheats your brain by changing the size of food and your appetite
Dieting and Bulima could be a thing of the past thanks to this new AR system developed by Tokyo university. To put it simply the AR system fools your brain by using a head mounted display with camera and image processing to make the food look bigger than it actually is. The size of the…
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Ikea to take customers on an Augmented Reality trip
Ikea are known for their innovative adventures with all things interiors. Now they’re giving their mobile prowess a shot with an augmented reality catalog. So you have a regular catalog, towards which you point your phone and voila, you’re suddenly viewing an X-ray depiction of the unit you’re you’re aiming your camera at. This interface…
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Pioneer unveils augmented-reality based Cyber Navi infotainment system
Pioneer has recently unveiled a newer way to have drivers more distracted than ever. Based on augmented-reality technology, this latest head-unit called “Cyber Navi” works as an infotainment system complete with an entertainment suite, GPS navigation, DVD playback, 1Seg television, and a motorized retractable display. Using a MicroVision laser projector, the system simply beams images…
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Sergei Brin sports the Google Glass Augmented reality goggles
Google’s Project Glass concept has pretty much left the technology world on the edge of its seats lately, with rumors spreading quicker than wild fire. We happened to stumble across these images of the smiling co-founder Sergey Brin sporting a pair of the much-anticipated augmented reality glasses on webspace that have pretty much seemed to…
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Google to begin testing augmented-reality glasses codenamed Project Glass
Google’s augmented reality glasses will finally see the light of the day, as the search engine giant is busy drawing up plans to finally begin testing this industry-changing technology. Called Project Glass, this will be the company’s first wearable computing technology. Currently, the firm is keeping the Project Glass as hushed up as possible, and…
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Marvel brings Augmented Reality app exclusively for digital comics
Just yesterday at SXSW, Marvel announced its partnership with Autonomy’s Aurasma platform to bring in AR goodness for Marvel’s digital comics. Users will now will be able to watch video trailers of books they see in stores, as well as 3D animation, recaps, and other augmented reality extras by holding their phones up to comics.…
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Zapper and Hybrid Clothing unveil AR-infused T-shirts
Zapper and private-label clothing chain Hybrid have doled out T-shirts that lets you experience Augmented Reality in a whole new way. Apart from accentuating your geek quotient, these T-shirts come with Threadless-esque designs that come to life through AR. There is a Zapper App available for smartphone and tablets that will actually let you play…
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Latest Kinect hack uses Augmented Reality 3D iPad
The marriage of two extremely versatile technologies couldn’t be defined more precisely. This latest Microsoft Kinect hack makes use of the infallible iPad. With the help of the String SDK, it manages a smooth interface, that is, if the efforts of the guys at LAAN Labs are to be believed. The magic trick involves converting…
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Word Lens Translator app is Augmented Reality at its best
Dining at a foreign restaurant has become so much easier that’s to Word Lens from QuestVisual. This is an absolute joy on an application for back-packers and foodies who often enough find themselves unable to communicate or understand their way around a new city. The iPhone app, which hit iTunes last night currently offers only…
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The Docomo AR Walker will make augmented reality and GPS information truly come alive
At first, the Docomo AR Walker may look like a very ordinary set of spectacles. If you believed that, you’ll be seriously impressed with what these seemingly ordinary glasses can do. Displayed at CEATEC in Japan, the AR (Augmented Reality) Walker is equipped with a small display screen (320 x 240 pixels) that’s mounted onto…
