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Yahoo's Fancouver Kiosk
Yahoo and Total Immersion teamed to provide an interactive Kiosk at the "Yahoo Fancouver" exhibit.
It takes a three-panelled screen with sections for news, weather and medal counts. Through facial tracking, the AR software will place various hats or accessories like sunglasses and umbrellas for the weather section; press hats for the news section.
Vancouver-based social media blogger Shane Gibson's video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8ADxeGHaI
Definition and a few of my favorite applications for AR
Augmented Reality (AR) is a relatively new technology for a live direct or indirect composite view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) a computer generated view - creating a mixed reality. The virtual scene generated by the computer is designed to enhance the user's sensory perception of the virtual world they are seeing or interacting with. Unlike Virtual Reality, augmented reality does not create a simulation of reality. Instead, it takes a…
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