[islandlabs] Project Glass is Augmented Reality

[Jonathan Dahan]

Google Tap is one of the best videos i've ever seen.

Google Maps for NES, I am so glad they actually made a working version :
http://maps.google.com/?t=8&utm_campaign=8bit&utm_source=yt

Amazon street view is not an april fools. It's real.

Google tech grants are pretty rad.

Even earlier than snowcrash, Ghost in the Shell's first storyline revolved
around a publicly broadcast hostage situation where the 'terrorist' hacked
everyone's eyes to overlay a 'Laughing Man' logo on his face. Only two
hobos who didn't have cybernetic eyes saw his real face. Check out the
effect for yourself with http://www.awgh.org/archives/21 , a processing +
openCV sketch that detects faces and replaces them with the logo.


If we want an open version of glass, I would attempt it like this:

   1. Steal interface, make it a replacement for the android desktop
   2. Test interface with a vuzix (I have one from kupo
   http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/ )
   3. Ask samsung for a small version of
   http://www.samsung.com/us/business/oem-solutions/lcdpanels/transparent-lcd-panels.html
   4. Hack up our own screen with
   http://www.rosco.com/us/screens/roscoscreen.cfm#Grey + a pico projector
   5. Add eye navigation with eyewriter

In fact, contacting Steve Mann and anyone from fffff.at who worked on
eyewriter might even be step 1. Steve Mann (
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann/ )has been doing this augmented reality
thing since 1980 and its been steadily improving since.

- Jonathan

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Burns, William <burns at cshl.edu> wrote:

>  Jonathan:****
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> Augmented reality.****
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> This is an idea that was overshadowed by virtual reality memes.****
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> Both are covered well in Snow Crash.****
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash****
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> This video could be hijacked from the Snow Crash description of it.****
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> (the augmented reality scene was brief, but well executed)****
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> And?****
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> Google Tap is hilarious. Right up there with Apple Newton Post-its.****
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KhZKNZO8mQ****
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> Google Maps for NES is great too, if less convincing.****
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg****
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> Google Streetview for the Amazon?****
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8nIHDxfp0****
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> Holy crap. I can?t tell when they?re serious anymore.****
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> This could totally be legit? or not?****
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> The Google Doodle Tech Grant?****
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpo71UdpcU****
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> Very real + very cool. Somewhat less entertaining.****
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> -Bill****
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