Augmented Reality Tattoos

ThinkAnApp has created an augmented reality tattoo which apparently requires a webcam to work. I don’t know if a smart phone barcode reader would work or if one is in the works, but I imagine that’s what it would take for this to take off. Still, the possibilities… Found at YouTube from cochi79 via Mashable.

Avoid Car Accidents With Augmented Reality

January 30, 2010 · Categories: Augmented Reality, Mobile Marketing, Technology, Trends, Video · View Comments 
An augmented reality system that makes walls transparent could prevent road accidents. Found at YouTube from newscientistvideo.

Augmented Reality Building

This building in Japan features a QR code on the outside facade that lets people take a picture of the 2D barcode and get sent to the building’s website. An iPhone app lets users see an augmented reality layer over the building, showing the the building’s stores, their sales/promotions, and tweets from within the building. Found [...]

FujiFilm Real 3D Camera Demonstration

via engadget.com via engadget.com engadget gets a demonstration of FujiFilm’s 3D camera. This stuff isn’t ready for prime time but, as with yesterday’s video of the iHologram iPhone app, I can see where it’s going and the implications could be big. Posted via web from e-Strategy [...]

iHologram App

Mobile game developer Jormy Games has created an iHologram app that looks pretty damn cool. Apparently, if you watch the video with red/cyan glasses, you can see it in 3D. Found at YouTube from jormygames via MacRumors. Imagine this kind of app for product demonstrations.

Best Buy Augmented Reality Ad (3D) Demonstration

Best Buy is experimenting with augmented reality in their advertising. They are distributing circulars in newspapers which instruct you to visit a Web site with a webcam-enabled computer to activate the ad. You can get the flier from the Web site (BestBuyIn3D.com), print it out (it only works in color), and show it to your [...]

Virtual Retail

Stuart Dobson at Future Blogger had an interesting post last year about how virtual reality technology might affect retail. Found at YouTube via Future Blogger from saptv.

Life 2.0: A Funny Depiction Of Augmented Reality

May 31, 2009 · Categories: Augmented Reality, Technology, Video · View Comments 
This is a French short film depicting what life might be like when humans have an embedded operating system within their bodies that augments reality, complete with the inevitable technological glitches. Found at Dailymotion from manukeo.

Joseph Jaffe’s New Video Podcast

I’ve followed Joseph Jaffe’s Across The Sound podcast for a while now (he even interviewed me about citizen journalism coverage of the 35W Minneapolis bridge collapse) but his podcasts have been sporadic of late. Now he’s taken his podcasting to a new level with a video version, JaffeJuice.tv. Episode three demonstrates a pretty cool application of [...]

Broadband Bionic Contact Lenses

“Bionic” contact lens prototypes are in development that give us a glimpse into the future of online and location-specific communication. These electronic contact lenses could potentially offer users broadband Internet access that would enable augmented reality, zoom-in vision, and location-based messaging. Here’s the future as envisioned in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Terminator: And here’s the not-too-distant [...]

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