Previews of Microsoft Hololens show very positive comments and a wildly expensive pricing model with Forbes.com reports Microsoft Hololens will cost significantly more than $400. For that money, preview partners like cnet report, "[t]he experience still leaves me giddy, and ready to toss an as yet undisclosed sum of money into Microsoft's coffers", backed by ubergizo who wrote, … [Read more...]
Google’s Ingress Location Based Game Continues to Grow in Popularity
Ingress, a multi-player GPS based location game created Google' Naintic labs continues to grow. If you like geocaching, chances are you will like Ingress. Gameplay consists of establishing "portals" at places of public art, landmarks, monuments, etc., and linking them to create virtual triangular fields over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of … [Read more...]
Unlike Oculus – Microsoft HoloLens Lets You Move
By itself, the 3D Microsoft HoloLens is interesting, but the big news is that the device is real-world - you can wear it while standing and walking around! http://youtu.be/aThCr0PsyuA?t=1m40s In comparison, Oculus Rift DK2 is still a closed-world, not-recommended-to-move visor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ignn19Ajvs See our summary visor review for more … [Read more...]
Oculus Buys Nimble VR and 13th Lab
Oculus acquired Nimble VR and 13th lab on Thursday. The acquisitions expand the Oculus ecosystem of technology to include the gumpack sized Nimble Sense that captures a 3D point cloud across a 110 degree field of view and the 13th lab real-time 3D reconstruction framework that is claimed to be both accurate and efficient. In addition to data gathering the Nimble Sense also … [Read more...]
Turn Glasses or Sunglasses into Smart Glasses with Sony Device
Sony announced the development of an attachable Single-Lens Display Module that can turn eyewear of varying designs into smart devices. Mass production is expected to start this year. An SDK will be provided to partnering organizations for this Single-Lens Display Module that is claimed to offer "arithmetic processing capabilities on par with smartphones that was made … [Read more...]
DIY Augmented Reality Pinball Using Webcam, Projector, And Whiteboard
Using a webcam, projector, and a whiteboard, engineers at Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, showed how to create a pinball game where the user draws the ramps, places computer generated flippers and bumpers, as well as adding real obstacles to create the pinball game. Use the techniques discussed in my book, CUDA Application Design and Development and working … [Read more...]