turtlethink.com » FLARToolkit http://turtlethink.com turtles like technology Mon, 24 May 2010 20:56:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Augmented Reality business cards http://turtlethink.com/2009/07/augmented-reality-business-cards/ http://turtlethink.com/2009/07/augmented-reality-business-cards/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:42:35 +0000 Paul Fayngersh http://turtlethink.com/?p=865 Business cards are perfectly suited for the application of augmented reality technology; the results are practical as they are fun. Last week, the net went abuzz with the following video by James Alliban from London. His card features basic relevant professional info spoken by an abstracted, pixelated version of his head. Very well done!

Today a new AR business card demo came online, this one from Jonas Jäger, a Communication Design student in Germany. Jonas’s version features a lot more interactivity; you can see his latest tweets, flip through some photos from his portfolio, and even call him directly via Ribbit. Check out more details on how its all done at his blog.

I think we are very close to a company attempting to create a standard around this, as well as an application that will allow the average businessperson to create and display a cool augmentation for their own cards. I know I would want one!

[James Alliban's -- AR Business Card]
[Toxin Labs -- Augmented Business Card], via [Games Alfresco]

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Worldbuilder is what happens when Second Life and your “First Life” become one. PSFK writes, “Bruce Branit’s Worldbuilder is a fantastic short film that explores some interesting futuristic sci-fi technology. It’s inspiring to watch his augmented- virtual reality and the virtualized gadgets and controls that run the world.”


World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

This is MITs little gadget we posted about last week developed to a very intricate level. Will this ever happen?

]]> http://turtlethink.com/2009/03/building-a-world/feed/ 4 Most straight-forward augmented environment to date?!?!? http://turtlethink.com/2008/12/most-straight-forward-augemented-environment-to-date/ http://turtlethink.com/2008/12/most-straight-forward-augemented-environment-to-date/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:45:22 +0000 Boris Kizelshteyn http://turtlethink.com/?p=98 Australian interactive agency Boffswana have created a Flash based AE that is very straight forward to implement and actually works! Check out this video:


Papervision – Augmented Reality (extended) from Boffswana on Vimeo

And since its based on the opensource FLARToolkit it too is opensource. So click here to give it a whirl and download the source, make something cool and post your project here for us to see!

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