DOOR BEN DAVIS, DECEMBER 4TH, 2013Since 2009, the British Museum has educated youngsters in Bloomsbury via its Samsung Digital Discovery Centre (SDDC). It’s free, and is the most extensive on-site digital learning programme of any UK museum.
I went along to the British Museum last week to see the launch of a new image recognition and augmented reality (AR) app, A Gift for Athena, helping kids to engage with the museum’s Parthenon gallery.
The app is simple in premise and use, but also a lot of fun, showing that augmented reality can succeed when applied in the right manner.
In this post I’ll discuss why the app works, and what’s needed to succeed with AR.
With Samsung set to support the museum’s Discovery Centre for another five years, and this new app being the first of a series, we can expect more best practice to come.
The British Museum has previous with AR, the mobile programme Passport to the Afterlife, which runs on Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones in the ancient Egypt galleries, being a notable success.
The museum plans to use new technology to provide innovative in-depth activities including touch tables, 3D printing, 3D animation, as well as increasing use of augmented reality.
(via http://www.365online.nu/12/e-commerce-weblogs/the-british-musuem-five-lessons-in-augmented-reality)
Squama: 透明度がプログラムできる未来の窓 from rkmtlab on Vimeo.
Subscribe to the GE Channel: http://full.sc/12xcByIOur Aviation team demonstrated a non-destructive test on a GE 90 engine with a Glass-enabled crew. This prototype presents an opportunity that is right around the corner and will yield incredible efficiencies in maintenance.
GE works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works.
神奈川工科大学 白井研究室が開発した「2x3D」は、2Dで視聴したい人と、3Dで視聴したい人が同時に同じスクリーンを見ることができるシステムです。このシステムでは、偏光フィルタを通して見る必要があるのは右目用映像のみで、裸眼では左目用の映像が視聴できるように特殊な映像生成アルゴリズムを使用しています。(http://jp.diginfo.tv/v/13-0093-r-jp.php)(via YouTube by diginfonewsjapan)
building on design technologies in the medicinal field, the latest undertaking by yves behar and fuseproject called ‘kernel of life’ is a cloud-based test and treatment system for illness in the developing world. administering both analysis and diagnosis for chronic disease, particularly malaria, the wearable device is embedded with a four quadrant bio-sensing absorbent pad that can test the blood, saliva, urine and breath. the results are transmitted via bluetooth to a mobile application, which allows for the continuous monitoring of patients remotely. reminders, such as medicine intake or doctor’s visits, facilitate easy and uncomplicated consultation when the nearest physician is days away. the diagnostic health care device was proposed by the gates foundation and wired magazine, and is a design response to the complications of attending to sickness in countries with little access to proper medical care.iv(via http://www.designboom.com/technology/fuseproject-diagnoses-illness-treatment-with-kernel-of-life-11-28-2013/)
TAKE YOUR WORLD FROM PHYSICAL TO DIGITAL WITH 3D SCANNINGCapture your world in 3D and discover the power of physical photography with the Sense 3D scanner. Savor every dimension of your favorite memories: Graduation day. Wedding day. Bringing home baby. Holidays. Trips around the world. All with your Sense, all in 3D.
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(via YouTuvbe bylemonorangePL)For the 9th birthday of the Arkadia Shopping Mall, Lemon&Orange prepared interactive entertainment controlled by motion sensors. Young (and slightly older) users of the system could interact with virtual animals via Augmented Reality technology.Animations of interactive animals were accompanied by mini-games, where the user had to complete a specific task -- for instance, the kids had to wave their arms to sway a virtual monkey on a liane and collect bananas from trees. During the 2-day event, Lemon&Orange virtual zoo was visited by several hundred kids.
Simple sequences of movements, such as jumping up and down, clapping one's hands or raising one's arms, allowed the kids to play with digitally generated animals, which responded in real time to gestures made in front of the screen.
LiveAvatar Broadcast Augmented Reality - World, Meet S.E.A.N from Appshaker Ltd on Vimeo.
Appshaker launches its first fully interactive live-controlled avatar system at ComicCon, London 2013. Featuring a live 3D motion, speech and live render effects through the Unity framework, Appshaker's Broadcast AR system combines with our LiveAvatar Framework to create a truly interactive and immersive experience that's useable across a huge range of media in both small and large format.
Appshaker is a digital creative and advertising technology company devoted to building the finest immersive experiences for global brands in the worldwide marketplace. We specialise in bleeding edge technologies including large screen and mobile augmented reality, motion/body tracking, gesture control, visual recognition, mobile intelligence and much much more. Since 2010 we have launched award winning campaigns on every continent for clients such as Coca Cola, GE, Guinness World Records, Ford, National Geographic, Movistar, BBC Worldwide and 20th Century Fox, Smithsonian Museum, Microsoft and Universal and American Express amongst many others.
For more information on Appshaker, or just to say hi to S.E.A.N email hello@appshaker.co.uk or head to appshaker.co.uk
AR（拡張現実）技術を用いる「FUJITSU Software Interstage AR Processing Server」と連携し、機器の運用状態の確認や、監視メッセージに応じた作業手順をスマートデバイスに表示させ、現場での運用作業を効率化するできる。さらに、垂直統合型の仮想化・プライベートクラウド基盤「FUJITSU Integrated System Cloud Ready Blocks」とも連携し、クラウド全体の統合運用管理環境も提供する。(via http://www.itmedia.co.jp/enterprise/articles/1311/25/news108.html)
The company introduced Evena Medical augmented reality glasses for hospital staff. Points are called Eyes-On, and are based on proprietary technology 3D visualization crossed with glasses Epson Moverio. The main function of Eyes-On is to help doctors find a vein patients for accurate shots.
Frank Ball, president and chief executive officer of Evena Medical, said: "Studies have shown that 40% of intravenous injections require a few attempts to find and get into the vein. This is not only valuable time, but also causes discomfort to the patient as well as may delay the introduction of emergency medicine. With glasses Eyes-On nurses can quickly and easily find and access the veins of each patient. "
Fossils leap to life thanks to innovative augmented reality technology unveiled by Sengital Ltd at the Hong Kong Science Museum. Building an intellectual property (IP) portfolio is key for the R&D-focused firm, which acquired a patent for the technology from local partner ASTRI. Sengital will participate in this year's Business of IP Asia Forum in Hong Kong 5-6 December 2013.(via Yoube byHKTDC )
Mads Haahr is a Lecturer in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin and holds a PhD from that same institution. His academic background is in Computer Science and English Literature and has published in many fields across this spectrum. He is currently researching methods for highly immersive location-aware story-driven games and also runs the mobile game studio Haunted Planet Studios, which specializes in story-driven location-based augmented-reality games. He edits Crossings: Electronic Journal of Art and Technology.(via http://stateofplay.ie/index.php/speaker-profile-mads-haahr-haunted-planet/)
Suzuki has launched a brand new Augmented Reality app for the new V-Strom 1000, the first time the technology has been used by a motorcycle manufacturer.
The app, available on both iPhone and iPad with an Android version set to follow soon, allows users to view Suzuki's new adventure machine in full 3D and in exquisite detail, all from the screen of their mobile device. The app allows users to select colour options and view the bike with or without accessories, as well as zoom in and around key features to further explore the new V-Strom 1000, which is set to arrive in February next year.
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The app can be downloaded for free from the Apple store by searching V-Strom AR, with the target available to download from www.suzuki-gb.co.uk. To enter the competition, submit your image to editor@suzukibulletin.co.uk.
The new V-Strom 1000 is set to be launched next month and is scheduled to arrive in dealer showrooms from February. For more information on the V-Strom 1000, visit www.suzuki-gb.co.uk.
(via http://www.suzukipress.co.uk/?section=all-news&item=10255&start=0&num=10)
(via http://allaboutyourchild.com/places-kids-love/snap-unique-photos-at-marina-squares-augmented-reality-winter-wonderland-this-2013-christmas)Christmas! A season that brings families and friends together for great photo shoots. This year, instead of taking the usual ‘stand by the Christmas Tree’ type of photos, get snapshots of a different kind this Christmas at Marina Square’s Largest Augmented Reality Winter Wonderland to be built in a shopping mall, located at Level 2, Main Atrium, from 22 November to 25 December 2013. Ok, probably some of you are having the same question as me before I attended this media invitation today, “What is Augmented Reality (AR)?” Instead of giving you the explanation in words, let me show you in the video below:~ - See more at:
http://allaboutyourchild.com/places-kids-love/snap-unique-photos-at-marina-squares-augmented-reality-winter-wonderland-this-2013-christmas#sthash.y4ASV6Qx.dpuf
Fitting Reality is launching the first virtual fitting app for Google Glass! Watch the video and see how it works. Try it yourself - go to our website and download the app right now (www.fittingreality.com)! Fitting Reality -- we create the future of shopping.(via YouTube by FittingReality)
We would like to thank Fred Perry store in Moscow for providing the venue for filming this commercial.
Shopkick deployed the first iBeacon/BLE-based presence signal at any major retailer on November 20, 2013. It is called shopBeacon and is currently live in a closed beta trial at Macy's Herald Square, New York and Union Square, San Francisco. ShopBeacon can welcome a shopper when she enters a store and show her location-specific deals, discounts, recommendations, and rewards, without her having to remember to open the app. It can also tie at-home browsing to in-store benefit—if she "likes" a specific product in the app, shopBeacon can remind her when she enters the store that sells it. It can also deliver department-specific offers throughout the store—so the boots she liked show up at the most useful time—in the Shoe department. ShopBeacon requires minimal investment, can be installed by sticking the device on a wall or other flat surface, and has a battery life of five years. Now available for purchase nationwide, it works with the shopkick app with its 6 million+ shoppers, as well as with retailers' own apps.(via YouTube by shopkick)
Re+Public created a digital, interactive, augmented reality urban mural on the Moto Museum wall in St. Louis. The project included an 85' x 21' mural by MOMO comprised of 14 basic shapes. Using the the free Re+Public app (App Store & Google Play), users can view, walk around, in, and through the 42 digital variations of the basic shapes. Some digital shapes can only be viewed and touched by moving around the physical space. By simply touching the shapes on the mobile device, users can randomly recompose the mural. In this way, the app allows users to creatively work with fundamental elements of art such as space, composition, form, and color. The Moto Wall project was generously supported by Grand Center Inc., the Art and Life Alliance in cooperation with Steve Smith and the Moto Museum in St. Louis.
Re+Public: Moto Wall Digital Mural from The Heavy Projects on Vimeo.
