Augmented reality train window lets travelers choose their view

Scenery changes are up to the passenger as they decide on their own preferred landscapes Augmented reality may soon be changing the view outside train windows after a Japanese audiovisual collective called Salad came up with a design to give travelers their choice of landscape. The highly advanced AR technology project was entitled “Touch the Train Window”. In order to create the augmented reality options, the Salad team used an Xbox 360 Kinect, in combination with an iPhone, a GPS sensor, a projector, and a large variety of different openFrameworks…

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Lego adopts augmented reality system that lets people build virtual constructs

Lego Augmented Reality

This year’s Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, California, has proven to be an event to remember as companies from all over the world flocked to the convention to show off their latest technologies. Staying aligned with the current trend running throughout many of this year’s tech-based conventions, augmented reality has taken much of the limelight at IDF 2011. Amongst the multitude of companies adopting the technology, the Lego Group stands out as one of the crowd favorites. The company has developed a new system that allows consumers to see…

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