Mixed reality glasses

I've been intrigued by these augmented/mixed reality glasses since I first saw those. At the same time, those feel such unusable due to interfering with your vision, but still looking such a convenient on having your hands free. I can only imagine what rules and laws will be invented to regulate the usage of those. There's still something so cool about those. Here's the latest Google project "Project Glass", which seems to have an actual prototype already existing.
 

There's nothing really new in this Google concept though. Here's few years old concept video about the same subject from Nokia. I just hope that Google is more serious and longer in the way to actually implement this than Nokia was. i haven't head anything about this project since this video.

Written by +Henri Hämäläinen

Super cool augmented reality cinema - not really augmented though

There's a super cool augmented reality cinema app video going viral, definitely worth of checking out. Here's their web pages also: augmentedrealitycinema.com



I'm going to be nitpicker. I don't see how in earth it could really work as augmented reality app? Films are shoot in one or couple different angles, but in order it to really be an augmented reality it would need to be available in all angles and actually shown on top of the view you are looking. Quite challenging, I must say.

From the video you can see, that app is mainly playing back the scenes from the actual movies, so not really augmenting those in the view you are watching. So it's not really augmented reality app, but more of virtual reality based on location.

That's said, the app looks really great and idea is marvelous. It's a perfect addition to movie and series location tourism. I'm eagerly waiting to see it really in action.

Written by +Henri Hämäläinen

Amazing app - translates text on the fly with phone camera

It's been a long time I've been totally amazed on some SW. I do follow lot that what's happening on application development aroung the world, but this totally blew me off, Check this out. It translates language on the fly with phone camera. It's the first time I've really thought that these augmented reality apps make lot of sense. It would be so cool to try this out.

App is from Word Lens from QuestVisual. Check the video out:




It's just so cool. And what shocks the most, it is really usefull.