Second Life as a Platform for Augmented Reality

[vampirto]

whats does this guy say his name is/ like will histlar?

[Thebabe16]

How can i play SL in my livingroom LOL

[h8s2]

Too realistic. Already I'm imagining CG blow dolls. Not good. I thought the point of AR was to interact with items, not fake people.

[hyper672]

I DONT GET IT? U TRYING TO BRING SL IN THE REAL WORLD OR HAVE virtual reality IN SL? LOOKS LIKE YOUR TRING TO BRING VIRTUAL REALITY TO THE REAL WORLD? DONT MAKE sense! ALL I SEE IS YOUR AVATAR MOVE AROUND IN SL WHILE THE ROOM VIDEO MOVES AROUND IN THE REAL

WORLD!

THATS CALLED BLUE SCREEN RENDERING not virtual reality! like people in the news use!

[AMVoverlord]

Real life Warcraft! Everyone wears suits that look like the paper and special glasses! :D

[roidroid]

If you put 3D markers onto a telepresence robot such as this one:

watch?v=u624jZ_cP14

Then you can overlay an actual virtual person onto the telepresence robot's space.

[benZZZgomeZZZ]

lol... that's kool )

[KfcitoCapalini]

I liked this video a lot.

Do the SL client you are using is open?

What are the advances in this project?

Thanks!

[EddyFragment]

That is very exiting. The future will be a very odd place indeed. I love it.

[philgunman]

lol!

[NikoKun]

This is the only way I'd imagine we'll ever be able to achieve holograms.

[cj200606]

we can already make proper holograms look it up

[NikoKun]

haha not really... or at least barely. XD

[dashin999]

Holograms is too expensive. That is why we have augmented reality.

[hazonku]

The educational potential in this is amazing! Imagine learning a "hands on" sort of class like this. Imagine doctors being able to practice difficult surgeries in this manner. This is way cooler than the pre-recorded video shooting ranges I used in the Army. All sorts of training in many fields could be done with this.

[drcanoro]

he should have test it with a nice skin, nice shape and with a nice AO.

[RyouConcord]

I wish they would open source the client. they can't seem to obtain funding from what I've been able to ascertain, so why not open source it? I'm sure the wide AR or SL community would be delighted to assist in helping creating some cool AR.

[drcanoro]

@RyouConcord

the SL client is already open source.

[RyouConcord]

@drcanoro

I was referring to the AR modification to the client not being open-sourced.

[ubentu]

This hardware software combination is beautiful..... if I had a large enough customized computer/backpack/battery?

[SGPmovies]

For those who think this doesn't have a use, it has already been integrated into GPS Programs for the iPhone that integrates your camera, tracks a location, and creates a 3D, virtual arrow appearing on your screen that is displaying real-time video of what's in front of you (you mount it on your front window with the camera facing out. It's quite neat. It's also a kicker for awesome Keynote speakers :)

[Jaenus80]

Holy fuckin' shit...

[bv90andy]

the fact that u can see 3d object, generated on a pc, in real life and u can turn around them, OMG, awesome !!!

[angeltiger1986]

OMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG­OMGOMGOMG!!!! X3 I'M SO GLAD I STARTED SEARCHING FOR HOLLOGRAM! NOW I'M NEVER LETTING SECONDLIFE GO!

X3 sorry for the caps, I'm just too excited and hyper! WOW! WOOOOOT! YAAAY!

[CalicoatMaker]

Worthless. Doesnt seem like it will spawn anything of use, either.

[themanfromthehouse]

its a step forward into interactive virtual reality.

and the word you used to describe it was usless

[jr3470]

i want to hug my av x3

[tapeton]

Simply wow... I haven't understood yet which kind of software is all of this but I'm heading to your island right now. This is really something in what virtual reality concerns. Well done.

[NodPilot42]

Gargoyles for the win! :D

For those who have not yet read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, (please do) a "gargoyle" is someone who wears a computer and goggles so they can be constantly logged in to the Metaverse.

On an unrelated note, wonder how this would work with combat? Virtual armies trying to "control" RL areas would be... interesting, but immature behavior could present a problem.

Only one major problem: You reveal where you live if you use avatar-in-room tech.

[billca42]

I bet that as long as you don't need integrating avatars into the real room, you could use the Wii joystick mounted on your head to feed your head position into this. That would be much cheaper, and you wouldn't need a real world target for a camera. I bet that the Wii solution could even allow you to walk around. I don't know how you would handle flying, though... :-)

[djgizmoe]

Fantastic creativity. Keep it up guys.

[evolutie]

this is great!!

Is this client available for download??

[Tamaartje88]

This is the same as drinking, drugging, or gambling. second life is an addiction. It destroys families. My sister was an second life addic. She even did not want me to touch her. She was like Lu-Lu from Fifth Element - absolutelly insane

[UltimateDoomsdayGame]

Aww... just when I got banned by my mom from Second Life... <:(

[atr360]

it'd be fun to film a movie using second life and this tech! it'd be like filming a real movie lol!

[Num1Pacesetter]

If this isn't implimented into the "Next, Next" Gen platforms. I will have officialy given up on the search for intelligence in this world.

[thoughtwaretv]

Saw this at thoughtware dot TV. This is awesome =)

[TinaDahl]

Helkul in Swedish . A mindblowing expirience! Love this kind of things! TXS för sharing!

/Tina (PetGirl)Bergman

[StellaCostello]

Very awesome! Oh, the possibilities. Great job!

[theoryshaw]

i'm in love.

[csven]

Very nice. Will have to read up on this. Thanks for posting.

[StephanyLinden]

Excellently done. So nice to be able to see this.  Thanks for posting it.

[Torley]

I most certainly enjoyed this video — heard about it from Robin @ LL. I smiled when you mentioned "machinima", because part of what makes this look so cool is the jiggly camera; SL's camera is often too smooth and I like the handheld feel.

I found this reminiscent of the "Guy meets himself in Future" video (on YouTube too).

I'd be enthused to use this to have my avatars standing near me and mingling in a crowd, and me walking up to them with a cocktail in hand. :)

[RobbieDingo]

Amazing. Really well done. Thanks for posting this.