6 posts and columns on virtual reality

Developer Finds New Use for iPad Camera: Invisibility Trick

in Mobile on June 23, 2011 at 3:41 pm PT

For many, the cameras on the iPad 2 seem a bit superfluous. That’s especially true for the rear camera, since at least the front one can be used for video chatting. But a developer has found at least one fun use for that low-resolution camera on the back of Apple’s latest tablet — making the device appear to be invisible.
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Qualcomm Shows Why Augmented Reality on the Phone Is Really Nifty (Video)

in Mobile on December 31, 2010 at 7:45 am PT

The chip maker re-creates a classic robot toy using augmented reality. Mobilized captures the fun on video and muses about the future.

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Fighting Monsters And Defusing Bombs In Augmented Reality

in News on October 1, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Osuke Honda, a general partner with Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture firm DCM, says he has been traveling back and forth between Japan and the U.S. all his life. He spearheads many of DCM’s investments in Japanese companies from the firm’s office in Tokyo, and this week participated in a $12 million Series B funding for augmented-reality company Tonchidot Corp.

Not With a Bang But a Fatal Error

in News on January 4, 2008 at 10:49 am PT

Our universe could be the hobby of some Cartesian Evil Genius who runs our lives the way one might play The Sims. That’s the gist of the argument proffered in “The Physical World as a Virtual Reality,” a new scientific paper from Massey University professor Brian Whitworth. “[L]ogically the world could be an information simulation [...]