Another day, another step closer to wearable computing: German researchers Fraunhofer have been polishing their own Project Glass alternative, boosting the resolution of their eye-tracking microdisplays. While Google may have got most of the attention recently for its voice- and gesture-controlled headset, Fraunhofer has been quietly working away with some big-name partners to commercialize its own augmented reality alternative that uses your own eyes for navigation.
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Nokia releases City Lens augmented reality app
Remember augmented reality? Smartphone users may have had brief flings with the technology using apps like Layar. The charm doesn’t seem to have stayed with us over the years, although Google is planning to bring it back. That hasn’t stopped Nokia from creating its own augmented reality app for Windows Phone, what they call Nokia City Lens. Designed to work with the Lumia 710, 800 and 900, the app will overlay nearby establishments with the UI you’d expect from Windows Phone.
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James May Science Stories Qualcomm AR app hands-on
Augmented reality is headed into the museum today, though as a way of making science exhibits more engaging rather than relegating the tech to the history books. London’s Science Museum has teamed with Top Gear presenter James May and app developer DigiCave to use Qualcomm’s Vuforia augmented reality system to put a virtual guide on key exhibits. Nine of the Science Museum’s most prized items now get a personal tour by May on your iPhone, iPad or Android device; check out our hands-on with James May Science Stories after the cut.
Brother AiRScouter wearable displays launching June 15
The augmented reality floodgates have broken, and next up is Brother with its AiRScouter WD-100G/WD-100A headsets finally hitting the market come June 15. Announced back in 2010, the headsets - one for glasses-wearers, the other for everyone else - may not be as sleek as Google's Project Glass prototypes, but they do have the advantage of actually working, projecting an SVGA 800 x 600 picture into your left or right eye.
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Oakley confirms own Project Glass rival tech in pipeline
Sunglasses manufacturer Oakley is working on its own augmented reality glasses technology, the company’s CEO has confirmed, taking on Google’s Project Glass with both standalone and tethered functionality. The wearables research has been going on for fifteen years, chief exec Colin Baden told Bloomberg, initially centering on sports applications though with plenty of other possibilities on the drawing board. “Ultimately, everything happens through your eyes,” Baden points out, “and the closer we can bring it to your eyes, the quicker the consumer is going to adopt the platform.”
DIY Project Glass makes Google’s AR vision real
Google may be saying Project Glass is still “years away” but that hasn’t stopped DIY versions of the AR headset by others inspired by the eye-catching demo video. Now, we’ve seen plenty of ironic parodies of Google’s wearables – including what might happen if Microsoft waded in – but augmented reality developer Will Powell actually took the time to make a functional version, using a pair of Vuzix glasses, a custom-crafted UI, and Dragon Naturally Speaking for voice recognition. Check out the demo video after the cut.
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 9, 2012
Happy Monday, everyone. Welcome to the start of yet another week. You know, it's not often we start off a week with a billion dollar story, but this time... Facebook scoops up Instagram for $1 billion. That almost makes this next story seem pale by comparison, but AT&T is ready to spend a whole bunch of money marketing the new Nokia Lumia 900 - $150 million to be exact. And as long as we're dealing with big numbers, let's turn to China. Not such great news there, as Anonymous says it is planning more attacks on China.
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From Cyborgs to Project Glass: the Augmented Reality Story
Google’s Project Glass has been through the usual story arc – rumors, a mind-blowing concept demo, rabid excitement, practicality doubts and then simmering mistrust – in a concentrated three month period, but the back story to augmented reality is in its fifth decade. The desire to integrate virtual graphics with the real-world in a seamless way can be traced back to the days when computers could do little more than trace a few wireframes on a display; it’s been a work-in-progress ever since. If Google’s vision left you reeling, the path AR has taken – and where it might go next – could blow your mind.
Could Nokia beat Project Glass to the AR market?
Project Glass may have stolen attention over the past 24hrs, but Google isn't the only company working on wearable displays; in fact, Nokia has been playing with the technology for several years, quietly inking deals along the way. As far back as 2009, Nokia was showing off its own alternative to the Project Glass concept video, dubbed Nokia Mixed Reality, with a similar mixture of streaming information and location-based services.
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Lumus OE-31 wearable display hands-on
Wearable displays are going to change the mobile market, not to mention gaming, and usher augmented reality into the mainstream. At least, they will if display specialists Lumus have anything to do with it: the company has already shown us its 720p twin-display wearable prototype back at CES 2012, and SlashGear caught up with the company again today to see arguably an even more impressive version, the OE-31. Lower resolution, true, but smaller, lower-power and easier to disguise in the average pair of glasses: this could be the way you consumer your Twitter, Facebook, email, GPS and more on the move in just a couple of years time. Read on for our first-impressions.
DIY Google Glasses obtrusively augment reality
Tired of waiting for Google Glasses and don't mind some sartorial embarrassment in return for cheap augmented reality? A DIY option has been cooked up by Matt Kwan, running Android just like Google's tech-specs are expected to, but with an altogether more MacGyver approach: think uber-geek baseball cap more than anything else.
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Google Kinect-style Android motion tracking teased in patent app
Google is exploring using Kinect-style motion tracking to add a new degree of gesture control to mobile devices, a new patent application suggests, adaptable to future Android phones but also wearables like Google Goggles. The submission, titled "Use camera to augment input for portable electronic device", describes using the front-facing camera in a phone, tablet or other gadget to identify and track the user's fingers in the space around it, recognizing "single tapping, double tapping, hovering, holding and swiping."
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