20Apr First Google Glass Unboxing Video Appears as Early Adopters Begin Receiving Units Posted in Augmented Reality, Google Glass, Head Mounted Display, News, wearable computing | 4 Comments Google Glass Explorer Dev Kits are being delivered to developers – and following suit are the first unboxing videos that show the device’s great production quality. Last year at Google’s I/O conference, the web behemoth offered an exclusive look into more »
12Mar First Videos of Google Glass Interface Emerge from SXSW, Early Third-party Apps Previewed Posted in Augmented Reality, Google Glass, News, wearable computing | 4 Comments The Google Glass interface has been detailed on video at the annual SXSW event for the first time. The company also showed off early native and third-party Google Glass apps including Gmail, Evernote, New York Times, and more. SXSW Interactive more »
27Feb Everything We Know About Google Glass Posted in Augmented Reality, Featured Slider, Google Glass, Head Mounted Display, News, wearable computing | 2 Comments Google Glass could be the first product to take augmented reality into the mainstream. The forthcoming minimal head mounted display promises to make our interaction with technology more seamless and natural. There are many who will welcome it. There are more »
20Feb New Google Glass Pictures Reveal Hidden Sensor [gallery] Posted in Augmented Reality, Google Glass, Head Mounted Display, News, wearable computing | 3 Comments Along with the new video that we pointed out earlier, the company has released some cool new Google Glass pictures. One of the photos shows something we haven’t seen before; on the inside of the eye-boom there is a vertical more »
18Jan Google Glass Developer Update: Devs Invited to ‘Glass Foundry’ Event Posted in Google Glass, Head Mounted Display, News, wearable computing | 3 Comments Google has sent out invites to a developer-focused event for Google Glass, the company’s upcoming wearable head mounted display. They’re calling it ‘Glass Foundry’ and it will be a two day ‘hackathon’ held in two locations: San Francisco and New York City. more »
29Nov Google Glass News Bits: Panoramic Photo Mode, Models Wear Glass on the Runway Posted in Augmented Reality, Google Glass, Head Mounted Display, News | Leave a comment This one slipped under my radar but I think it’s worth a mention. Back in September, Spencer Ante of the Wall Street Journal spoke with Google co-founder Sergey Brin and got a brief exclusive preview of Google Glass (sometimes mistakenly more »
30Oct Augmented Reality Magician Shows You the Future Today Posted in Augmented Reality, News | Leave a comment Augmented reality (AR) seems an inevitable part of our future. The possibilities are easy to see but realizing the necessary technology is incredibly complex. Researchers, experimenters, and tech folk are slowly advancing what can be done with augmented reality. And more »
14Oct This is What it Looks Like Through Vuzix’s New Augmented Reality Glasses Posted in Augmented Reality, News | Leave a comment While Google’s Project Glass may have nabbed much of the AR spotlight lately, Vuzix is hard at work on some very interesting augmented reality glasses which could hit the market long before Project Glass. Using side-mounted optical engines and waveguide more »
12Oct RiftVR.com to Merge with Road to Virtual Reality Posted in News | 4 Comments Today I’m pleased to announce that Paul James of RiftVR.com will be joining me here at Road to Virtual Reality. Paul and I have a similar passion for the world of virtual and augmented reality and have decided to team more »
26Sep Augmented Reality Welding Mask Provides 100 Million to 1 Contrast Ratio in 3D for Precision Welding [video] Posted in Augmented Reality, News | 1 Comment What you see above is not an alien visitor but rather a normal human wearing a prototype augmented reality welding mask. This system, dubbed ‘MannVis welding helmet’ by its creators, allows welders to see their work with an incredible level of detail more »