ARhrrrr - An augmented reality shooter
Jun/090
Something to look at for our future AR development.
See more info after the jump.
New levels of augmented reality
Jun/090
These guys (Squid Soup) were commissioned to create a project that aims to combine physical play (moulding the sand in a sandpit) with virtual animal husbandry, and is aimed at 6-12 year old kids. It was called Portable Pixel Playground with Glowing Path Finder Bugs.
Quick look:
Virtual caterpillars, projected onto the sandpit, react to the physical topography of the sand, and can be enclosed by sand walls, scared by children’s hands and fingers, and attracted to each other. When they meet, magical things begin to happen…
http://squidpress.wordpress.com/category/portable-pixel-playground/
Techno info:
Technically, the project uses a Point Grey Bumblebee stereo camera to capture depthmap information from the sandpit in real time – using software and ideas first developed for Driftnet during a Research Fellowship at Arts Institute Bournemouth in 2007.
Glowing Pathfinder Bugs from squidie on Vimeo.
VR see-thru glasses
Jun/092
Finally a pear of see-thr augmented glasses!
Will order a pair of these when they come out
