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NOKIA   |  5 comments

Nokia's Sad Augmented Reality

Yesterday, Nokia released a well-produced video demonstrating what they apparently believe to be the future of augmented reality apps. If you haven't been keeping up with AR, it's just used to denote an information layer ...READ»

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WorldComp '09

Warning: computer overload. The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing is actually 22 different conferences, drawing 2,500 attendees, all held simultaneously at one location and ...READ»

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Inside the Virtual Brain in Life-Size

The AlloSphere is a three-story tall spherical chamber lined on the inside with 360-degree display screens--kind of like an IMAX theater, except panoramic. You view the sphere's content by standing on a breezeway that bisects the ...READ»

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Sony Patents Remote Controlled Spy Car

Nintendo may have active gameplay locked up, but Sony appears to be pursuing something much more realistic: a PSP-controlled model car equipped with a camera and some extensive virtual reality software. No, it's not just ...READ»

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Virtuality Jacket Adds Emotional Vibes To Your Movie Experience

Ah virtual reality--it never seems to go out of fashion. And now electronics giant Philips weighs in with its prototype "enhanced reality" clothing--a jacket jam-packed with haptic feedback devices that's designed to ...READ»

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Cocoon Helmet Takes Virtual Reality Into the Smelly Dimension

Virtual reality has been knocking around for decades without ever quite hitting the mainstream--apart from in a limited 3D-goggle sense. But that hasn't stopped a U.K. team from putting together a gadget that takes the technology to ...READ»

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Vuzix VR Goggles World's First With Transparent Quantum Optics

News of the Vuzix Wrap 920AV video-glasses first appeared a few days ago, but without any specific data. Now we know that along with looking less retro-sci-fi than previous video-goggles, they're packing some interesting ...READ»

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COOLIRIS   |  1 comment

The Dawn of Virtual Reality GUIs

Imagine walking through a dark hallway, similar to an aquarium, with a wall of glowing video screens stacked three high. The videos extend as far as you can see, and when you touch a screen that interests you, it expands and begins ...READ»

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Notice of a Scam Site Called "Helium"

Hanh mitakuyapi. Last winter, I found a writers' site on the web called "Helium". According to their hype, people write, peers judge the writing, the writers earn money. Turns out it's a lie. I just got scammed $194.00 by this ...READ»

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