📅 February 2, 2012

XAPPR Gun: The Ultimate Gaming Accessory For Your iPhone

I doubt that you can tell me that the first thing that pops into your mind when you look at your iPhone is “boy, what this thing really needs is a gaming pistol add-on”. Introducing the XAPPR gun.

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📅 August 4, 2011

Augmented Reality App Replaces Ads With Art In Times Square [video]

Public Ad Campaign and The Heavy Projects are developing an augmented reality app that replaces outdoor ads with works of art.

Public Ad Campaign and The Heavy Projects are developing an augmented reality app that replaces outdoor ads with works of art. Times Square provided ample opportunties to help beta-test the app over the weekend, where movie billboards and phone booth ads were virtually swapped for work by street artists Ron English, John Fekner, PosterBoy, Doctor D and Ox.

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📅 July 6, 2011

Display Real-Time 3D Video And Audio, Recorded From The Kinect, On The iPad [video]

The guys at Laan Labs used the String Augmented Reality SDK to display real-time 3d video+audio recorded from the Kinect.

The guys at Laan Labs used the String Augmented Reality SDK to display real-time 3d video+audio recorded from the Kinect. Libfreenect from http://openkinect.org/ project was used for recording the data coming from the Kinect. A textured mesh was created from the calibrated depth+rgb data for each frame and played back in real-time. A simple depth cutoff allowed us isolate the person in the video from the walls and other objects.

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📅 March 20, 2011

The Witness: Revolutionary Film Gets Audience Engaged Via Augmented Reality iPhone App [video]

As part of a relaunch for Germany’s Universal 13, a revolutionary new film, The Witness, has been created in which you play an interactive, traveling roll. Using augmented reality on an iPhone, participants begin their adventure by witnessing a kidnapping by the Russian mafia.

As part of a relaunch for Germany’s Universal 13, a revolutionary new film, The Witness, has been created in which you play an interactive, traveling roll. Using augmented reality on an iPhone, participants begin their adventure by witnessing a kidnapping by the Russian mafia.

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📅 November 4, 2010

Star Wars Arcade: Augmented Reality iPhone Game Turns Your City Into A Star Wars Battlefield [video]

Just check out this new Star Wars game for the iPhone, which lays your surroundings behind a wicked space battle.

Augmented reality can be a weird thing to try to describe. It uses what’s around you and lays graphics or infomation over it. Sound boring? Well, let’s use a real-world example. Just check out this new Star Wars game for the iPhone, which lays your surroundings behind a wicked space battle.

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📅 August 27, 2010

Augmented Reality Driving iPhone App Shows Promise But Not Quite There Yet [video]

The program is an absolute wonder. Once your iPhone is fixed on a special mount, Augmented Driving can offer up lane departure warnings, vehicle speed, the tilt of the road and even pick out vehicles ahead of you.

Are you often driving on highways or country roads? Then you do not want to miss the impressive technology of Augmented Driving with real-time object detection with up to 10 fps for your iPhone 3Gs including the following features:

  • Dynamic augmented reality overlays for lanes and vehicles
  • Head-up display (HUD) for system and status information
  • Lane detection and lane change warning
  • Vehicle detection and low distance information
  • System auto-calibration for easy setup
  • Many configuration options and quick manual

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