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lifeClipper augmented reality experience creates an alien world that people are free to explore

Stephen Vagus
Augmented Reality Video

Augmented reality is teeming with possibilities. As the technology garners more attention, developers around the world are keen to push the boundaries of the technology to unlock new experiences. This is especially true in the world of art, where technocratic artists are looking to blur the lines between the imagination and the real world. lifeClipper, an open air art project in Switzerland, is taking this concept to an extreme. The developers and artist behind the project jokingly claim that it could make LSD obsolete. The lifeClipper project is entirely housed…

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Total Immersion to show off D’Fusion platform at CeBIT 2012

Jennifer Goula
Augmented Reality

Total Immersion, a leading developer of augmented reality software, has announced that it will be showing off its latest program at the CeBIT 2012 conference in Hanover, Germany. The company will be letting attendees get their hands on the D’Fusion platform, a 3D rendering platform that is designed to create immersive augmented reality experiences. The platform will be used on the Intel’s Ultrabook and Total Immersion believes that it will push the boundaries of the powerful computer platform. The D’Fusion platform is designed to build entertaining augmented reality gaming experiences.…

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In the wake of the Mobile World Congress, Aurasma continues to make waves in the tech world

Sam Lambert
Aurasma AR App

The Mobile World Congress has come and gone, but the technology community around the world is still buzzing with what developers showed off during the conference. Like many similar events last year, the star of this year’s show was augmented reality. Acclaimed AR developer Aurasma was able to garner a great deal of attention during the conference by proving the concept that augmented reality could be used anywhere as true. The company showed off the various ways that the technology could be used, none of which relied on lighting, special…

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iOnRoad shows off its technology at the Mobile World Congress

Stephen Vagus
Augmented Reality Video

The technology community is abuzz with news from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The event is an annual gathering of some of the most innovative technology companies in the world. These companies often bring their latest projects to the event as a way to show off what they have been working on. Augmented reality was a major focus at the event, as many companies have been developing new platforms and applications making use of AR. iOnRoad is one such application that aims to make driving safer through the…

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Technology today and tomorrow according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Mobile World Congress

Julie Campbell
Eric Schmidt MWC 2012

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, was a keynote speaker at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, and though he focused on the new mobile Chrome browser app, and Android, he also spoke of the state of technology in the world today, and where he believes it will be going in the near and more distant future. Schmidt began his presentation almost immediately with a demo of the newly released Google Chrome for Android, with the assistance of Hugo Barra from Android. Barra explained that the mobile browser was designed…

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