Augmented Reality

This Sandbox Will Blow Your Mind

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Xbox Kinect, Kinect, Video, UC Davis W.M. Keck Center for Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences, Augmented Reality, Oliver Kreylos, Playstation Eye, Augmented Reality Sandbox, Topicaugmentedreality, Kinect Sandbox, Sandbox Augmented, Technology News

It's the sandbox of the future. In one of the coolest applications of augmented reality, some of the folks at the UC Davis W.M. Keck Center for Act...

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High-Tech Company Develops Super Soldier Vision System

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Ioptik Vision, Battlefield Contact Lenses, Video, Ar, Ioptik Super Soldier, Augmented Reality, Ioptik Lenses, Super Soldier Vision, Innovega Ioptik, Oakley Augmented Reality, Google Project Glass, Technology News

Anyone who's played "Call of Duty" or other modern first-person-shooter games is familiar with on-screen displays of maps, troops positions and other ...

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WATCH: Next Steps For Virtual Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Virtual Reality, Talk Nerdy to Me, Ict, Augmented Reality, University of Southern California, Science, Usc, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Mixed Reality, Institute for Creative Technologies, Science News

The worlds we can now enter with virtual reality technology are so stunningly authentic, it's hard to tell where true life ends and the virtual landscape begins.

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Scientists Test Effectiveness Of Wacky-Looking Weight-Loss Glasses

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Video, Weight-Loss Glasses, Losing Weight, Diet Trend, Michitaka Hirose, Augmented Reality Glasses, Augmented Reality, Science, Science News, Diet, Science News

Talk about a "see food" diet. In building new weight-loss glasses, a Japanese research team has turned to the science of augmented reality to help die...

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Oakley May Compete With 'Google Glasses'

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Wearables, Video, Oakley Wearables, Project Glass, Google Wearables, Augmented Reality, Oakley Google Glasses, Oakley Hud, Wearable Devices, Sarah Rotman Epps, Oakley, Google Glasses, Technology News

Bloomberg's Mark Milian reported on Tuesday that optics giant Oakley has been working on heads-up display (HUD) technology, similar to that which is ...

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Zuccotti Park Protest Lives on, in Augmented Reality App

Amelia Marzec | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Occupy Wall Street Technology, Augmented Reality, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Zuccotti Park Eviction, Technology News, Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Eviction, Zuccotti Park, New York News, Occupy Wall Street Raid, Arts News, New York City, New York University, Technology News

If you missed seeing the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, there's another chance for you to experience the occupation at the original site.

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Augmented Reality: Three Applications That Change How We See Things

Bryce Maddock | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, GE Smartgrid, Yelp Monocle, New Technology, Augmented Reality Applications, Ge, Korean Unification Project, New Medical Technology, Smart Phone, Augmented Reality Apps, Technology News

Augmented reality. The term still sounds futuristic, but the applications, like Yelp's Monocle, are already sitting in our pockets. But there are three particular uses of augmented reality that struck me as more substance, and social change.

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Ignite Smithsonian Features Visions of the Future of Museums

Alexander Howard | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Creativity, Website, Smithsonian Institute, Big Data, Augmented Reality, Smithsonian, Ignite, Technology, Museum, Technology News

The institutions that preserve cultural memory are becoming even more important. The Smithsonian Institute is profoundly engaged in capturing our culture's digital transition.

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Aurasma From Autonomy Could Change the Way We Look at Images and Objects (Video)

Larry Magid | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Autonomy, Aurasma, Technology News

As a long-time technology journalist, I'm a bit jaded and rarely get excited about a new product or technology, but when I saw a demonstration of aurasma, from Autonomy, I had to agree that this technology may change the way we look at real-world objects.

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New App Puts Tweets On The World Around You

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Social Startups, Social Startup, Poll, Augmented Reality, Tweeps Around App, Socialized, Layar, Layar App, Tweeps Around, Technology News

This post is part of a new series from HuffPostTech, Socialized, that will profile a different social startup--from apps to services to websites--ever...

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Mobile Week in Review: Top 10 Articles in Mobile 2/14-2/18

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Highlights, Week in Review, Best Of, Mobilefuture, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Blackberry, Twitter, Mobile World Congress, Augmented Reality, Youtube, Facebook, Text Messaging, Ipad, Technology News

To help you stay on top of the wireless evolution, Mobile Future highlights for you our top 10 must-read articles from this past week.

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Virginia Museum Launches "Augmented Reality" Picasso Shows

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Augmented Reality, Fine Art, Musee D'Orsay, Picasso, Art Exhibitions, Paris, Picasso Exhibit, Virtual Picasso Exhibit, Virginia Museum, Virtual Art Exhibit, Arts News

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts unveils its much-anticipated "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris" show on February 19. But...

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T&A: Tablets, Augmented Reality & Other 2011 Trends

Pedro L. Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Polaroid, Nbc, John Havens, Iphone, Ces 2011, Gold Run, Austin Carr, Galaxy Tab, Porter Novelli, Ces, Today Show, Consumer Electronics Show, Lady GaGa, Ipad, Stickybits, Tagwhat, Technology News

When the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked off in Las Vegas, the impending "tablet wars" promised to rule the blogosphere. Will Lenovo's IdeaPad...

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Innovations in Magazines 2010: Adapt & Thrive

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Magazines, Mooks, Fusion Journalism, Print Media, Social Media, Blogazines, Video, Embedded Video, Apple, Convergence, North America, Runner's World, The Daily Beast, Vertical Branding, Ipad, Newsweek, Steve Jobs, Photos, Mobile, Augmented Reality, Audio, Text, Meredith National Media Group, Linear Workflows, 2D Tags, Innovations in Magazines 2010 World Report, Interactive Digital Narratives, Innovations in Newspapers, Ezines, Infographics, Forbes, Tablets, Seventeen Magazine, Flyp, Media News

Shrinking advertising revenue, fewer pages, slashed payrolls and dropping circulations haven't deterred traditional and new titles from capitalizing on fast-paced changes in the media.

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VIDEO: 'Augmented Reality' Candy Lets You Taste Fireworks

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Food, Video, Augmented Reality Food Textures, Augmented Reality Candy, Tag Candy, Technology News

Have you ever wanted to taste fireworks? With the Tag Candy augmented reality device, you can experience the sensation of fireworks in your mouth as y...

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Noosphere of Naiveté

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Metacognition, Self, Consciousness, Mindfulness, Noosphere, Self-Awareness, Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Augmented Reality, Cognition, Mind, Lynn Margulis, Vladimir Vernadsky, Healthy Living News

"Both the French paleontologist-priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Russian atheist Vladimir Vernadsky agreed that Earth is developing a global ...

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ART AND TECHNOLOGY: Warhol Would Love Augmented Reality App About Warhol

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, App, Nyc, New York, Warhol, Augmented Reality, Layar, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Warhol App, Arts News

"I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts." - Andy Warhol When we first saw the pictures from the Andy Warhol Museum's new augmente...

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Ben & Jerry's New "Augmented Reality"

Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Ben and Jerry's, Technology News

Ben & Jerry's is the latest marketer to launch an augmented reality campaign, tapping into a fast-emerging new media playground for marketers.&nb...

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Exclusive Video: BlackBerry Funds Viewdle -- Visual Recognition for Video to Launch Soon on Mobile

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Search, Blackberry, Andy Plesser, High-Tech-Companies, Mobile Phones, Augmented Reality, Beet.TV, Online Video, Technology News

Viewdle, the visual recognition software company with origins in the Soviet military, has received a venture round from the RIM's BlackBerry Fund, sa...

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Recognizr: Phone App Helps You Identify And Friend Strangers Through Face Recognition, Social Networking

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Technology News, Recognizr, Phone Apps, Social Networking, Augmented Reality, Recognizr Phone App, Facebook, Internet Stalking, Video, Technology News

Ever wanted to know the name and social networking history of a total stranger without having to go through the arduous task of actually talking to th...

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Animated Tattoo Makes Skin 'Come Alive' With Augment Reality (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Tattoo, Animated Tattoo, Tattoo, Crazy Tattoos, Tech News, Tech Tattoos, Video, Technology News

Back in December, HuffPost Tech compiled the geekiest tattoos of all time (PHOTOS), but this leaves them in the dust: an "augmented reality" tattoo. ...

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Augmented Reality and Olympic Sport

Andy Miah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, New Media, Olympic Sport, Vancouver 2010, Olympics, Winter Olympics 2010, Sports News

The appeal of bringing new experiences to the Olympic audience, coupled with the potential to construct new streams of revenue through new mobile applications, may be far too great for the IOC to resist

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Tobi.com Fashionista: Virtual Fitting Room For Online Shoppers (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality Fitting Room, Tobi, Augmented Reality Shopping, Zugara, Tobi.com, Tobi Clothes, AR Shopping, Augmented Reality, Fashionista Tobi, Fashionista, Rich Relevance, Tobi Fashion, Video, Technology News

Online shopping may be convenient, but without being able to try on clothes, it doesn't always end well. A new shopping application called Fashion...

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Augmented Reality: Here to Stay

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smartphones, Augmented Reality, Urbanspoon, Virtual Worlds, Monocle, Wikitude, Technology News

The combination of the web and technologists seem to have found a way to bring the "virtual" world of the web into the real world of our daily lives.

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Watch for More Hybrid Marketing in 2010

Rich Nadworny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Augmented Reality, Marketing, Social Media, Media, Hybrid Marketing, Media News

Social media has enabled digital marketing in a way nothing previously has. It's clearly shown the value of two-way communication, using technology to enable the dialogue.

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