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Augmented reality is... virtually here

Mar 8, 2013
Google’s computer eyeglasses are just one device in a fast-growing field called augmented reality. This kind of technology has been around for a while, but it hasn’t really caught on. Until now.

Pop music somehow becomes even more artificial than the Black-Eyed Peas

Oct 28, 2011
An hour-long augmented reality concert took place in Japan yesterday, featuring 3-D characters that have been consistently ranking in the top 10...

Army tests out consumer-grade smartphones for combat

Jun 3, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that starting Monday, the Army start testing on the battlefield the same iPhones and Android phones you buy off the...

Sony demos AR system

May 31, 2011
Augmented Reality has been the Next Big Thing for a while now, although it never manages to become the Actual Current Big Thing. Will Sony's new...

2011 will be the year of augmented reality*

Dec 21, 2010
A new report from Forrester Research says that while augmented reality apps have been around for a while, it's been more about the gee-whiz factor...

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Augmented Reality: drones attack Jimmy Fallon, Marketplace newsroom

Oct 11, 2010
Augmented Reality layers graphics and information over images of our real world in real time. Those yellow first down lines that show up on the...

Get a (second) life

Sep 1, 2010
A Japanese seaside resort is teaming up with Konomi Digital Entertainment to create a vacation getaway for young men and their virtual girlfriends....