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junaio – Augmented Reality browser
junaio is an augmented reality browser designed for 3G and 4G mobile devices. It was developed by Munich-based company metaio-gmbh. It provides an API for developers and content providers to generate mobile augmented reality experiences for end-users. Currently, it is available for iPhone and Android platforms. junaio is the first augmented reality browser that has overcome the accuracy…
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Layar – Augmented Reality browser
Layar is a Dutch company based in Amsterdam, founded in 2009 by Raimo van der Klein, Claire Boonstra and Maarten Lens-FitzGerald. They have created a mobile browser called Layar. The browser allows users to find various items based upon augmented reality technology. Layar specializes in mobile augmented reality – the most popular medium through which the average…
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African fractals – Culturally Situated Design Tools (CSDT)
African Fractals – this lesson enables you to explore fractal geometry in computing and science and apply that knowledge to African Designs. Culturally situated design tools use information technology to “translate” from local knowledge and low-tech practice, to high-tech domains such as math, computer graphics, architecture, etc. Culturally-situated design tools allow knowledge to move in both directions across…
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Transformational Geometry – Culturally Situated Design Tools (CSDT)
This great site developed by Ron Eglash gives a number of resources that engage with the principles of geometry. 1. Transformational geometry and iteration in Mangbetu Art – the art work shows the use of all four geomtric transfomational principles, Reflection, Translation, Rotation and Scaling. The link enables you to find out more about Mangbetu Art and use the software…
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Augmented Reality Apps
Augmented reality is the overlaying of digital data on the real world and augmented reality apps are quickly gaining momentum on the iPhone and other smart phones. Mashable Tech reviews ten AR apps for the iPhone that vary from functional, to educational, to just plain fun. The guide gives a brief description of the apps with videos…
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Wiki intro to Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by…
