Augmented Reality
Hands-on With Sony’s HMZ-T2 ‘Prototype SR’ at the Tokyo Game Show
Last week news broke that Sony would be demonstrating an augmented reality 'Prototype SR' head mounted display at the Tokyo Game Show. This HMD is based on the new HMZ-T2 which Sony announced at the beginning of the month....
Sony to Show off HMZ-T2 HMD Prototype with Head Tracking and Pass-through AR [Video]
Sony appears to be finally experimenting with augmented reality and virtual reality on their HMD line. The company has traditionally marketed their HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 head mounted displays as a "personal 3D viewer" rather than anything to do with...
Is This The Destiny of AR? 2 Visions of an Augmented Reality Future [videos]
I'd like to present two excellent AR concept videos which give a little glimpse into our world, not too far into the future, where AR is an integral part of life. Wearable computing and augmented reality are almost inevitable, but...
Experience Augmented Reality Now on Your iPhone or Android Phone for Free with Aurasma
Aurasma is a free augmented reality app that runs on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad), and Android. Using your phone's camera and other sensors, the app projects digital scenes onto the real world through your device's viewfinder. Aurasma...
The Latest on Google Glass: Early Technical Details, Pre-order Units Made Available to I/O Attendees for...
Yesterday I showed you Google's incredible live Glass demo where they took Project Glass on a skydiving adventure. Today I want to compile all of the Project Glass info that came out of Google I/O 2012 in one place....
Google Goes Skydiving with Glass, Live [video]
Since Google's announcement of Project Glass, the company has remained quite silent on their augmented reality glasses project. We saw Project Glass in an interview with Charlie Rose back in April, but that was nothing compared to Google's latest...
Another ST1080 User Review Hits the Web, Silicon Micro Display Opens a Forum
I spoke with Silicon Micro Display recently and they tell me that the scarcity of initial units has prevented them from getting the ST1080 out to major outlets for review just yet. That's why we've thus far only seen user-impressions of...
Must See: MIT Creates Impressive Augmented Reality Object Manipulation System [video]
I wrote a few months back that augmented reality needed to prove itself. While I still think this is the case, I'm happy to report that top minds are working on just that. Some genius folks from MIT have...
First ST1080 Unboxing and Impressions Hit the Web
I've been scanning quite regularly for the first full-blown review of Silicon Micro Display's recently launched 1080p HDM, the ST1080. Though there hasn't yet been a peep from any major publications, it seems as though customers are starting to receive their...
ST1080 Head Mounted Display Starts Shipping to Pre-order Customers Today
A quick note here -- it's been a long time coming, but Silicon Micro Display begins shipping the ST1080 1080p HMD to pre-order customers today! Paul Jin, SMD CEO, says that pre-order customers can expect a confirmation email and...
Google Glass Project Leader Interviewed by Charlie Rose, Wears a Glass Prototype to the Interview
Sebastian Thrun, who is one of the project leads for Google's Project Glass, sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose and chats about the augmented reality project, among other things. Thrun brought a Project Glass prototype with him...
Augmented Reality Sandbox is One of the Coolest Uses of AR I’ve Seen Thus Far [video]
Just a few weeks ago I wrote that augmented reality (AR) had yet to prove itself. It's a neat idea, and we've seen so many concepts that look great in theory but have yet to be realized, or the...
ST1080 HMD Update: Shipping Expected to Start Second Week in May, Light Blocker Detailed
Silicon Micro Display's 1080p head mounted display (HMD), the ST1080, will soon be reaching reaching pre-order customers, according to the company. Additionally, Silicon Micro Display has revealed the final design for the 'light blocker' which is designed to reduce...
Innovega Working on Multi-focal Contacts to Compliment AR Eyewear and HMDs, Available by 2014 Says CEO
Innovega is a Washington-based company that's working on contact lenses that use filters to allow the eye to simultaneously focus on objects at varying distances. The development could help make augmented reality a practicality by greatly reducing the bulk of HMD...
Valve, Developer of Half-Life 2 and Steam, Internally Researching Augmented Reality
Big news for the VR world fresh from of one of the biggest names in gaming. In a post to his Valve-hosted blog, employee Michael Abrash says that since joining Valve hes begun working on augmented reality / wearable computer research....





