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Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo With a tablet form factor, Gilbert said there is more scope to create a tactile, Minority Report-style user interface, involving multiple windows being manipulated on a multi-touch screen, incorporating the likes of... [20 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Augmented reality? The Wikitude augmented reality app running on a G1 Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements,... [27 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News Today's increasingly feature-packed smartphones are likely to propel the use of augmented reality into the mainstream in the coming years. Augmented reality - the... [26 Oct 2009]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile Of course Kurzweil is not without his critics - and not everyone shares his sci-fi vision of an "augmented reality future" - but his energy and drive are undeniable. Ray Kurzweil is a futurist who's been... [29 Sep 2009]
Immersive Connected Experiences: How Connected Visual Computing Will Change the Virtual World as Well as the Actual World
White Paper Initial examples of ICE include two main categories: Simulated Environments such as virtual worlds, online multiplayer games and 3-D movies, and Augmented Reality where images from the real world are... [05 Aug 2009]
iPhone apps, Antique PCs, Microsoft R&D and supercomputers
Photo Pictured here is part of an augmented reality demonstration by software giant, where animated bubbles are placed over actual camera footage. High tech watches kicked off May's crop of photo stories, from... [02 Jun 2009]
Photos: What's brewing inside Microsoft Research?
Photo Microsoft Research recently opened the doors to its research and development facility in Cambridge and silicon.com went along to take a look at the technology being worked on - from augmented reality and... [13 May 2009]
A Survey of Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Augmented Reality Systems
White Paper A new breed of computing called "Augmented ubiquitous computing" has resulted from the convergence of wearable computing, wireless networking and mobile AR interfaces. Recent advances in hardware and software for mobile... [02 Apr 2009]
The Development of an Augmented Reality-Based Data Visualization System for Commissioning of Air Handling Units
White Paper This paper discusses the development of an Augmented Reality-based data visualization system that supports commissioning HVAC systems during construction, occupancy, and operations phases. In order to... [14 Oct 2008]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile He's written extensively on AI and robotics too - detailing a future where real and virtual realities merge in what he describes as "an augmented reality environment". Ray Kurzweil bills himself as an... [07 Oct 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Looking further ahead, Fenn added: "Other technologies that have passed the trigger where they start to be interesting to businesses include 3D printing, surface computing, augmented reality and mobile... [11 Aug 2008]
The future, in 3D
News Discussing virtual reality - which started with the telephone, according to Kurzweil ("you could actually be with someone else, at least as far as talking's concerned, even if you were hundreds of miles apart"), the... [19 May 2008]
metaio Adds Personalization and Realism to E-Commerce
White Paper Munich, Germany-based software provider metaio GmbH provides Augmented Reality (AR) technology - built on the Microsoft platform - to enable consumers to blend photos of their actual surroundings with... [14 Sep 2007]
Interactive Tools for Virtual X-Ray Vision in Mobile Augmented Reality
White Paper This paper presents a set of interactive tools designed to give users Virtual X-Ray vision. These tools address a common problem in depicting occluded infrastructure: either too much information is displayed, confusing users, or too... [03 Sep 2007]
Using Aerial Photographs for Improved Mobile AR Annotation
White Paper This paper presents a mobile augmented reality system for outdoor annotation of the real world. This paper examines three types of aerial photograph features - corners, edges, and regions - that are... [03 Sep 2007]
