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The Future Of Google Glass May Lie In 911 Calls And Guitar Lessons

The Future Of Google Glass May Lie In 911 Calls And Guitar Lessons

By Zach Walton May 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Google Glass is now in the hands of developers, and they’re already doing some pretty amazing (and scary) things with the technology. What will it look like a year from now, however, when it’s in the hands of consumers? What …

The Niantic Project Is A Game Called Ingress The Niantic Project Is A Game Called Ingress

Now it’s official. The Niantic Project is simply an alternate reality game, and Google has now revealed this to be a game called Ingress. Here’s the new video: Here’s the official site, where you can request an invite. The app …

Niantic Project Guy's Apartment Gets Broken Into Niantic Project Guy's Apartment Gets Broken Into

I’m not going to rehash all of the backstory to this here. If you don’t know about The Niantic Project, just read this, this and this. If you’ve been following along, you may be interested to know that another video …

Google's Niantic Project Is A Game Google's Niantic Project Is A Game

Google’s Niantic Project (which we first reported on here) is now starting to generate a little more attention. On Wednesday, we published “Google, This Is Getting Pretty Weird [The Niantic Project]” looking at some of the latest pieces of the …

What Is Google Up To This Time? What Is Google Up To This Time?
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Google’s Niantic Labs recently launched the Field Trip App for Android. The company described it as “your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you.” Here’s a refresher: Basically, it shows you stuff that it …

AOL Debuts Impressive New AR App AOL Debuts Impressive New AR App
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Microsoft and Nokia are holding a big event today to show off the future of the Windows Phone platform. We’re expecting to see some new hardware from Nokia’s impressive Lumia line. The mobile device manufacturer has also been busy on …

Here's How You Date  A Japanese Virtual Pop Star Here's How You Date A Japanese Virtual Pop Star
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Hatsune Miku is an incredibly popular “singing synthesizer application with a female persona,” or, virtual pop star for short. The Japanese creation is voiced by a popular voice actress and actually performs concerts, live, as a projection. So, I guess …

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Kickstarter Project For Social Video-Sharing Glasses Kickstarter Project For Social Video-Sharing Glasses

Can’t wait for the Google Glass headsets to arrive? A company called Vergence Labs has some eyewear that just might tide you over until Google Glass is finally out of beta. The company has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise …

Google Glass Not Yet Augmented Reality Google Glass Not Yet Augmented Reality

We’ve all seen the parodies. More than we can count, at this point. Still, all the attention Google’s Glass project has gotten can be interpreted as giddy excitement for the cyborg-vision we’ve all wanted since childhood. It’s sad, then, to …

Anybody Can Make AR Applications Now Anybody Can Make AR Applications Now

A big theme in the development scene these days is how we can make creation via code easier and more fluid for the average user. Not everybody has the time, patience or education to learn a programming language, let alone …

Google Glasses: Which Parts Are Unrealistic? Google Glasses: Which Parts Are Unrealistic?
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Google got a lot of people thinking when it unveiled Project Glass and its promo video showing how Google glasses of the future could work. It was cool. Plain and simple. Of course as they often aren’t, things aren’t really …

Why You Should Be Excited About Google Glasses Why You Should Be Excited About Google Glasses
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A couple weeks ago, Google captured the imaginations of many with a slick promo video for Project Glass, a futuristic pair of Google glasses that put the capabilities of a smartphone directly into your field of vision. Though Google has …

Google Contact Lenses Seem Fairly Likely Google Contact Lenses Seem Fairly Likely
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Remember Solve For X – that Google-hosted event earlier this year, where smart people gathered to discuss technology and solutions for real world problems? One of the presentations was from Babak Parviz. That presentation was about building microystems on the …

Are Google's Glasses Even Possible? Are Google's Glasses Even Possible?

This past week, Google unveiled Project Glass in the form of the following promo video: The video has already been parodied a bunch of times. You can peruse our Project Glass coverage here to see some of those. We know …

Google Glasses Draw Plenty Of Cynicism Google Glasses Draw Plenty Of Cynicism

Google unveiled Project Glass on Wednesday. It’s still in the concept/testing stage, but it’s a pair of futuristic glasses that puts the virtual world directly into your eyeballs. If you haven’t seen Google’s video yet, watch it before you go …

Microsoft Research Shows Off SemanticMap Microsoft Research Shows Off SemanticMap

Google isn’t the only tech giant doing interesting things with augmented reality. There’s a video available for viewing (but not for embedding, unfortunately) from Design at Microsoft Research Asia (Beijing). It’s simply called SemanticMap – Vision, and is similar to …

Wallit Creates Virtual Wall Posts In Real Life Wallit Creates Virtual Wall Posts In Real Life
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The old corkboard-and-paper community billboard gets injected with a dose of cyberspace today as a new app that socializes augmented reality experiences became available to the general public. The app, Wallit, is a free geo-social app that enables people to …