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The Obvious Engine AR System Augments Dr Pepper Soda Can

It won’t be long before all the technologies we see in a Spielberg film, or some other sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster becomes available to us in reality. Augmented reality may not be mainstream, but thanks to brands like Starbucks and some other co…

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February 10, 2012 at 3:14 pm Comments (0)

Augmented Reality: the future of digital media

When I wrote about QR codes (Designed QR codes: the next level), it was very well received. When I wrote “SnapTags: Will they kill QR codes?” people got a little nasty with their suggestion on what I could do with snaptags and my mother. Now that I’m delving into Augmented Reality, I’m wondering what suggestions [...]

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January 23, 2012 at 9:36 am Comments (0)

CES 2012: Parrot A.R. Drone 2 Quadricopter Debut

At the Mecca of everything electronics (CES 2012) techies and geeks went into a gadget induced stupor, when Parrot unleashed the A.R. Drone 2.0 on the enthusiastic crowd. For the uninitiated, the Parrot A.R. Drone 2.0 is a remote controlled quadricopte…

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January 9, 2012 at 6:04 am Comments (0)

Wrap Your Mini: A 3D Mapping Billboard Project

Advertising is one such a field which always makes use of 3D Mapping and other such technologies. 3D Mapping Billboards are quite a rage these days as they allow for an augmented reality situation which makes selling or marketing much easier.

With tha…

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December 22, 2011 at 1:56 pm Comments (0)

Our favorite tweets of the week Nov 7-Nov 13, 2011

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of [...]

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November 13, 2011 at 9:55 am Comments (0)

Bring your Entertainment to Life with Replicating Reality

I’m sure you’re all quite familiar with this scene: the boy in the arcade puts on his helmet, and starts playing in a totally interactive and immersive environment. He’s in a whole different world, and having the time of his life. Alt…

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August 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm Comments (0)

Cadbury Brings Augmented Reality Games to Chocolate Lovers

Augmented reality is not something new, but not many companies have considered it in their marketing strategies. Cadbury and Blippar joined forces to bring AR-based games to chocolate lovers.With the 2012 Olympic Games approaching, more and more compan…

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August 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm Comments (0)

Aeon Project: Unrealistic Immersive 3D HUD Concept

What is more awesome than a giant pea pod that can drive and fly itself?  The Aeon Project concept design.  This concept design is meant to take AR (augmented reality) a step further, albeit a step that we aren’t technologically able to take ri…

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August 18, 2011 at 7:14 pm Comments (0)

Toyota Augmented Reality Touchscreen Creates Windows of the World

There can be little argument that one of things people seem to love when it comes to consumer gadgets is the touch screen.  Whether this is because all the Star Trek movies and television shows had them or not, it really can’t be disputed that t…

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July 27, 2011 at 3:00 pm Comments (0)

AR Cinema Shows You Movies Scenes Shot Where You Are

Augmented reality is a technology that seems to have not even really been tapped to its ultimate abilities.  While there are some applications and devices that use it to some degree, there seems to be quite a bit more you can do with it.We have alread…

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July 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm Comments (0)

appBlaster Allows iPhone To Be AR Gun

Since the iPhone has been released, more and more uses have come out that allow the iPhone to be used for things other than just using it for a phone.Of course some of the newest uses for the iPhone will only be discovered once the iPhone 5 is finally …

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June 25, 2011 at 5:05 pm Comments (0)

Sony’s SmartAR Brings Advances To Augmented Reality

By all accounts, the next giant step in consumer technology is going to be augmented reality devices and software. Sony has taken one step in the right direction with its latest advances.While there have been some games and devices that have tried to …

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May 24, 2011 at 5:05 pm Comments (0)

Augmented Reality Tetris Kinect Hack

We have seen 3D Tetris before, as well as 2D Tetris played on Kinect, but not the 3D version of the classic game played with a Nintendo Wii remote while using Microsoft’s motion tracker. Still, a Kinect hacker did just that and posted proof of it…

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May 3, 2011 at 4:25 pm Comments (0)