Baritone English Villain
This is Phil Dearson's online plot. He is Digital Director at a London agency. He can be contacted all over the place.
Oblong’s g-speak spatial operating system. Very Minority Report. Might be a bit big for the office.
Augmented reality kids clothing. You can buy at Brights & Stripes. Found via Mark Wright’s Facebook feed.
Android wearing Google Goggles.
Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: Google attempts to recognise the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview.
Screenless augmented/mixed reality. Location-based running games. A concept from HP Labs for 2011.
Nexus: Non-screen based, augmented mixed reality, social gaming. (via jawbone.tv)
Nokia Mixed Reality - they say: “This concept allows to you to experience immersion and effortless navigation in new ways. New types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch.”
All in all, not very imaginative at all, if you ask me.
Touchable Holography - demonstrated by the Shinoda Lab at this year’s Siggraph in New Orleans (please someone buy me a ticket). Uses wiimotes to track hand position and ultrasound to project tactile sensation.
Ghostwire - blended/mixed/augmented reality game for the Nintendo DSi
Project Natal
The iCube from EON Reality as demonstrated to IDEO Labs.
