Cool Site of the Week – GE Augmented Reality!!!
If you do nothing else today spend 5 minutes and go to this site. You’ll need a printer, a pdf viewing application, a computer with a webcam (new Macs come with these by default), and a web browser with Flash 10 installed (you will get a prompt to install if you don’t have it).
- Go to this link: http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/?c_id=Huff#/augmented_reality
- Print out the PDF linked here: http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/ar/printme.pdf
- Click on the “Launch Turbine” or “Launch Solar” link and permit Flash to access your camera (you’ll get a dialog box)
- Hold up the printed PDF so it shows up in your camera view and prepare to be amazed.
This demo begins to show the promise of Augmented Reality on embedded display technology. What I mean is as displays get cheaper it will be more common for them to be placed in public or even private areas for your benefit. Imagine dressing room mirrors that can show you what you will look like without changing cloths. Imagine wearing digital accessories visible only to those who view you through a screen or through a Head Mounted Display (HMD). The possibilities are endless as we start to embed virtual objects in our reality.
If you don’t want to spend the time or don’t have all of the gear, hear is a video that is almost as good (and NOT fake).
Note: Tanagram has been awarded (we’re in the ‘negotiation’ phase) a grant to design a user interface concept for Augmented Reality. More on that soon!
Posted by Joseph Juhnke on February 25, 2009
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2 Comments on Cool Site of the Week – GE Augmented Reality!!!
By Deborah Kline on February 25, 2009 at 6:54 pm
This capability is absolutely jaw-dropping incredible!
By Chris Bishop on March 6, 2009 at 10:26 am
Very cool work from GE with the SmartGrid Digital Hologram, but could they send the image that generates the 3d work to a cell phone that you could hold up to the screen versus the millions of pages being printed out around the world thus not being as green as they possibly good be?
Very cool, but the green aspect disconnects with me.
chris
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