The future is now Just what the fudge is ‘Augmented Reality’? It sounds like a diagnosis for a mental condition, right? It’s actually the next step in interactive visual technology, projecting computer generated images and descriptions into live footage to…
Read moreAhead of the movie release Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a free mobile app in anticipation of The Amazing Spider-Man. Developed with Qualcomm’s Vuforia platform, it is available for iOS devices and Android. The app will allow fans to discover…
Read moreBecoming the latest to engage customers in this manner Fashion stores New Look and Asos are the latest retailers to bring augmented reality to customers, giving them a new way to engage. New Look teamed up with Aurasma and brought…
Read moreAugmented Reality Contact Lenses It seems that augmented reality could, in the future, be used in contact lenses. We’ve all seen characters in Torchwood slipping on a pair of contact lenses, secretly containing a camera and with the ability for…
Read moreA weather App with Augmented reality Nokia have relaunched The Weather Channel app, now titled simply ‘Weather’ and available exclusively for Lumia users. Updating to version 2.0 will bring a range of new features, including custom alerts and augmented reality….
Read moreA game For your children An augmented reality game has been released, this time for your kids. Titled Fetch! Lunch Rush App, it is from PBS Kids and designed to teach children basic maths, making players collect lunch order for…
Read moreReleased in collaboration with charity : Water Scopely, a California games developer, have released their latest social game, Bubble Galaxy with Buddies. The studio founded in 2011 has partnered with charity: water, to bring safe, clean drinking water to people…
Read moreA look at 3D cinema and the ongoing struggle with home entertainment The technology behind adding that third dimension to our viewing experience is something that has been through many trials throughout the decades. In the past the limitations that…
Read moreNew Microsoft patent may be the answer he Holodeck. Where the executive officers of the Enterprise, DS9 and Voyager live it up with holograms in fantasy, sport, staff development days, rituals and ceremonies, holonovels; you name it, you can have…
Read moreA Look at the Big Names Behind the 3D Revolution We’re all excited about the developments in 3D we’ve seen over the last two years. Audiences have poured into cinemas to see the new 3D effects that have come into…
Read moreWhere do we go from here? Recent months has seen more and more augmented reality apps making their way to our Smartphone’s, giving users lots of fun and extra content, from companies such as Starbucks to Top Gear magazine. But…
Read moreSomewhere up above, paddling in the shallow end of the cosmos, is the Astra satellite fleet. Orbiting the earth above the atmosphere, they transmit signals from BSkyB to your home. And while this is going on above our heads, beneath…
Read moreSony and Microsoft do a Wii After the revelations at this year’s E3 Expo you’d think that Nintendo would be getting a bit worried. No sooner had Sony announced a motion-controller for use with their existing PS3 than Microsoft brought…
Read moreShould we be excited or afraid? It’s a little disconcerting in the year 2009 when a person can go to the cinema and see a film like Terminator Salvation, set in a near future where robots are at war with…
Read moreThe Rise of Virtual Casino Games Las Vegas – The entertainment capital of the World. A place where many go (or dream of going) to win big money in the casinos. Of course, not everyone can simply jump on a…
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