Total Immersion Develops First Ipad 2 Augmented Reality Application
Posted on March 14, 2011 by Total Immersion Front and Rear-Facing Camera Features Enable A Whole New Level of Interactivity LOS ANGELES, CA (March 14, 2011) –Total Immersion, the global leader in augmented reality, revealed today the first augmented reality application developed for the iPad 2.
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Goggles : Une application de reconnaissance d'images sur Android
Google a ouvert les portes de la reconnaissance d'images sur Android avec Goggles ! Ce dernier intègre une technologie ViPR (Visual Pattern Recognition) et permet à partir d'une photographie ou d'une image, de reconnaitre du texte, des logos, des produits, des couvertures de livres ou de Dvds, des monuments, des œuvres d'arts, des cartes de visites, ... Ca en fait pas mal ! Avec les informations reconnues, Goggles vous proposera des résultats similaires sur Google, ou bien une traduction si c'est un texte.Bien entendu, il vous faudra une connexion internet (Wifi ou via votre opérateur téléphonique) afin que Goggles puisse interroger sa banque de données. Allez démonstration en images. Le tutoriel de démarrage vous affiche en image les différents types de reconnaissance possible.
Qualcomm extends Vuforia augmented reality to the cloud
Remember Vuforia? Qualcomm’s augmented reality platform allows you to scan real world objects and create “interactive experiences” on your smartphone or tablet. The technology had its limitation though, only scanning photos against a local database of 80 images. Now Qualcomm has announced that by adding the cloud into the mix, so the platform can perform image recognition against over one million images.
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Qualcomm Extends Vuforia Augmented Reality Platform To The Cloud (Video)
Qualcomm announced an upgrade to their Vuforia Augmented Reality platform on Wednesday. Vuforia is a platform that focuses on using images as the “targets” to launch an AR experience, rather than requiring consumers to scan QR codes or other glyphs. So instead of scanning a barcode, you just scan a specific picture to start the AR experience on your mobile phone or tablet (it could launch a video, or a 3D model, etc.)
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1st ever Augmented Reality linking to Wikipedia in a museum
Mar de Fons is the title of an art exhibition that is taking place in the Mataró Museum, a local museum not faraway from Barcelona. One of its peculiarities is that you can find more information about the paintings with any mobile devices, thanks to image recognition with augmented reality (AR) that links to Catalan Wikipedia articles. The exhibition - mainly about sea paintings, with an important role of local artists- was inaugurated on March 30, 2012 and will be open until September 29, 2013. How it works