Homemade augmented reality glasses! Last week, Google unveiled its augmented reality glasses product called Project Glass. The company has been working on developing the glasses for more than two years and claims to have overcome some of the significant challenges inherent with the technology. Project Glass is not the only augmented reality glasses initiative currently in development, but Google believes it will be the most successful among consumers. Many in the technology community were initially enthusiastic about Project Glass, but some have questioned how difficult it could be to make…
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Aurasma and The Philadelphia Inquirer team to make North America’s first augmented reality newspaper
Augmented reality may just save the print industry Leading augmented reality developer Aurasma and The Philadelphia Inquirer have announced a partnership this week that will debut North America’s first augmented reality newspaper. Augmented reality has been becoming a popular subject in the publishing industry recently. The technology could potentially revitalize what is considered an obsolete medium by offering consumers and interactive digital experience. The Philadelphia Inquirer is keen to see just what benefits the technology can bring and how consumers will react to a new generation of newspapers. The…
Read MoreGoogle shows off Project Glass – augmented reality glasses for a new generation
Future of augmented reality right in front of your face! Technology giant Google has been working on a pair of augmented reality eyeglasses recently. The company was initially shy about sharing information on the projects, but has been more forthcoming in the past few weeks. The world of augmented reality is growing more popular, especially with tech-savvy consumers who are looking forward to the future. This growing popularity has spurred companies like Google to develop new augmented reality systems. Google has focused its work on a head-mounted device that…
Read MoreMobile World Congress Attendees Pick Blippar as World’s Most Innovative Mobile Technology
As winners of ‘A Vision of 2022’, the image-recognition company is invited to the American telecoms giant AT&T’s Innovation Foundry in California. 5th March 2012, blippar, the image-recognition company, has been chosen as the most innovative mobile technology in the world after a public vote at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week. Blippar wowed audiences with a demo of its free app at the “Vision of 2022” session, hosted by US telecoms giant AT&T. Competing against some of the world’s finest innovators in the mobile space, blippar won…
Read MoreAurasma augments the real world with real-time web updates
Barcelona, Spain: Aurasma, the world’s leading augmented reality platform, has announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC 12) a new feature that enables the real world to be merged with live, dynamic web updates. This announcement follows hot on the heels of Aurasma’s launch of its 3D engine at CES 12, since rolled out by commercial partners including Bandai – one of the world’s largest toy manufacturers. The new feature, powered by HTML5, allows partners to deliver live web updates augmented into the real world. When viewed with Aurasma, print, products…
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