From what I can see, this is a great example of what augmented reality should NOT be. Endlessly clicking on low-rez photos of a place that you are already in. Comes to us via http://www.hci.uniovi.es/
Now, with all due respects to the video and the application, (Vadinia) the video depicts a nightmare augmented reality. [...]
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Filed under: Augmented, handheld
This unusual film depicts a hypothetical team of augmented traders which apparently are in charge of managing asset trading during world crises in real time.
They have really important jobs to do. When these high-performing traders are stressed, their headsets automatically prioritize the information they receive and minimize or maximize windows on their computer screens. [...]
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Filed under: Augmented, conferences, video
This official video from Cisco’s YouTube channel explains that the design of the system was centered on “human factors” and “the experience”. How much unspoken human communication can be transmitted through this real-time interface? Would people prefer to be “avatarized“? Like the video phone before it this may seem both useless [...]
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Filed under: Augmented, telepresence
Industry Week online Computerworld and Business Standard online have some new articles about telepresence – remote real-time, life-size conferencing. Businesses offering such systems include Teliris and Codian, Polycom, and Cisco Systems.
Business Standard cites the average price of a telepresence system to be around USD$300,000. With a little math you can see that such a [...]
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Filed under: Augmented, telepresence
