Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality

http://www.ted.com Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate Aurasma, a new augmented reality tool that can seamlessly animate the world as seen through a smartphone. Going beyond previous augmented reality, their "auras" can do everything from making a painting talk to overlaying live news onto a printed newspaper.

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[SuperLim112]

HAHAHA look at the Blonde Lady at 6:39

[MrDiablo5222]

6:40 look at that blonde woman at the bottom of the screen

[avedic]

3:22 Man on far right is NOT impressed.

[Sebastian Mesa]

to many sceptical faces!

[Phonix Reaver]

The app is called Aurasma. It's only for Android and iOS devices so people with symbian are yet again left behind.

[kalkhiary]

What did his assistant do at 4:31?

[CIPHERJAY]

Blonde chick is asleep at 2:26 LMAO!

[GrassBlockFilms]

What's the app called?

[Mornys]

It's not because of the presentation. Her face has been like that since we had a night together back in 2009. True story.

[cheechanchux]

This is absolutely mind blowing!!!

[hungyhungyhobos]

Oh yes, because your phone can tell you what brand the device you're filming is, and gather the information from online to tell you what you need to do to get the object running. Eventually we'll have this in glasses, and walk down the street with it. You're ignorant to technology and if you're going to talk down to technology like this, you shouldn't be permitted to use it when you realize how remarkable it is.

[Jessica Murphy]

Huh. I watched this whole thing thinking my reality was going to be slightly more augmented than that. It just sort of looks like a higher-octane version of one of those silly apps that puts cartoon sunglasses on vacation photos. I was waiting for dude's gadget to start projecting information onto nearby surfaces or at least do something cooler than pay testament to the processing power of modern phones. It didn't.