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Glass - If I Had Glass

Keep an eye out for an email from glass-support@google.com. Join the conversation: That's all, folks. We're out of spots in the Explorer Program for now, but may have more to share soon. To discover new places, sometimes we need to leave the map behind. If you're a US resident with a US shipping address, over 18 years old, and are interested in joining, you can sign up here and we'll let you know if a spot opens up. . * = Required field. Click "Sign me up" to hear about the latest news and help shape the future of Glass. Privacy & Terms. Google Glass headset with bone-conduction speakers revealed in FCC filing. Electroencephalography.

Air - How to develop Augmented Reality application for Android. Andar - AndAR - Android Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality (Vuforia) - Mobile Technologies. N'est pas accessible. Best augmented reality (AR) apps for Android. Augmented reality (AR) is a view of a real and physical image with some of its elements modified by computer generated effects, resulting in an enhanced perception of the real-time image.

Best augmented reality (AR) apps for Android

A perfect sample of augmented reality is the virtual score board while watching your basketball game. Google’s Project Glass is said to introduce augmented reality to its users. By just using the glasses, you can see your Facebook status, Twitter updates, maps, and a lot more running in the background of your physical environment. Augmented reality has also been integrated in apps on your Android device. By using your phone’s GPS, camera, and other sensors, you can view your surroundings with the added simulation of augmented objects. In this app list, we will be talking about some of the best augmented reality (AR) apps for your Android device. Layar Look beyond what meets the eye. You can also create your own layers by using the Layar Creator.

API for mobile augmented reality developers. I ran an interesting workshop at Mobile World Congress for people interested in augmented reality.

API for mobile augmented reality developers

The topic, should I build a plug-in for another application was one of the groups discussion topics. Some of the audience members were in favour of building plug-ins and I can see the attraction. Products like Layar and Wikitude provide you with the application leaving you only to worry about your POIs. If you are not a marketing expert then you also have the opportunity to take advantage of their vast number of users with out doing a thing.

With all these benefits there must be some drawbacks? Complexity: if you are looking for a solution that goes beyond clicking on a POI and displaying data then building a plug-in is not for you. The other option is building an application yourself; the obvious benefits are you control everything and if your application is chargeable you keep a lions share of the money, but it’s not without its draw backs either: Use the Wikitude API. Best Augmented Reality Apps For iPhone and iOS. Augmented Reality: Getting Started on Android. Perhaps you’ve heard about augmented reality—it’s a hot topic in mobile right now.

Augmented Reality: Getting Started on Android

Learn about what augmented reality is and how you can leverage this technique in your Android applications in this introductory article. Defining Augmented Reality Before we start discussing how to write augmented reality applications, let's take a step back and define what it is. Google glasses walk the DVF runway at Fashion Week. Seth Wenig/AP Diane Von Furstenberg watches a practice run of her Spring 2013 show with Google co-founder Sergey Brin during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.

Google glasses walk the DVF runway at Fashion Week

Fashion went four-eyed on Sunday, as Google sent its high-tech glasses down the runway at the Diane Von Furstenberg show at New York Fashion Week. Models at the DVF show strutted down the runway in the tech company’s futuristic frames as they displayed the designer’s couture. Google founder Sergey Brin then joined Von Furstenberg on the catwalk at the end of the show, walking the runway with the iconic designer and DVF creative director Yvan Mispelaere as they each showed off a pair of the glasses. The skinny frames gave off a hint of Star Trek style, as barely-visible lenses floated under a space-age bar that jutted out from the forehead. Seth Wenig/AP Diane Von Furstenberg gives Sarah Jessica Parker Google glasses to try on after the DVF fashion show. They are not yet available to the public. You Will Want Google Goggles. At first glance, Thad Starner does not look out of place at Google.

You Will Want Google Goggles

A pioneering researcher in the field of wearable computing, Starner is a big, charming man with unruly hair. But everyone who meets him does a double take, because mounted over the left lens of his eyeglasses is a small rectangle. It looks like a car’s side-view mirror made for a human face. The device is actually a minuscule computer monitor aimed at Starner’s eye; he sees its display—pictures, e-mails, anything—superimposed on top of the world, Terminator-style.

Project Glass: One day... Google Glass Explorer Edition up for pre-order only for devs: $1,500, coming early 2013.