Geek Brief TV #409

The Discovery Channel has Shark Week [1]. GBTV [2] has Innovation Week. I frequently get asked to explain more about what we mean when we talk about things like Augmented Reality (AR) and Human Interface
Design (HID). On Brief 409, I cover Augmented Reality.

Augmented Reality is all about added a layer (or multiple layers) of real-time data on top of what's happening all around us. You can look at a building or a car in front of you. With augmented reality, your phone (or another device) will have software that analyzes what you're looking at and provide information about it. You'll be able to look through your camera and learn everything you'd want to know about when a building was constructed, who designed it, what businesses are inside, etc.

Mac Funamizu [3] is a designer who thinks about some of the ways devices will augment reality in the future. Microvision is adding augmenting reality for drivers by displaying information on car windshields [4]. They're also working on Virtual Retinal Display [5] technology that will project HD images and text onto the retina of a viewer's eye.

The guy in the blooper section is John P. [6], President and CEO of Woopra.com [7]. He wanted to read the teleprompter.

Links:
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[1] http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html
[2] http://www.geekbrief.tv
[3]
http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/future-of-internet-search-mobi...
[4] http://www.microvision.com/vehicle_displays/index.html
[5]
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Sept_12/ai_18665507
[6] http://www.onemansblog.com
[7] http://www.woopra.com

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[Unrealshade]

lol funny girl

[Ronnie51026]

brother is also creating an eyeglass mounted retinal display that makes it look like there is a giant hologram only you can see.

they already have a working prototype from what i heard

[henik9]

Augmented reality baby!

[PesarTarofi]

Microvision is only working on military applications i wanna see vrd in video game apps

[wolfman8325]

hot