creating movies in Second Life and have a think about how this could be put to use with our students.
new tool called Xtranormal for creating text to speech animated movies.
Although AR has mostly lived in the lab (except, notably, in the form of head-up displays for fighter jets), pop up books on steriods, museum tours, and virtual eye glasses are coming!
A cool version of an Augmented Reality technology. Uses iphones as a tour guide for participants to complete a "scavenger hunt" type activity across the city. Available in boston. Key target client: tourist and corporate outings.
Semapedia's mission is a bit like AR or ubiquitous computing -- "bringing the right information from the internet to the relevant place in physical space." Participants print out physical "barcodes" which represent information on wikis. These barcodes can be stuck to physical locations and "read" by cell phones to access the pertinent information.
General description of AR and its possibility to revolutionize industries and change our general lives.
Link to article that has seven things one should know about augmented reality
This is augmented reality without technology. It is amazingly well done. I went last year. Its over Columbus Day Weekend. I recommend it, you'll have a blast. It actually has a significant team building curriculum so its great to go with friends/coworkers
The Augmented Reality Project Website for T561