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Sony to announce VR HMD at GDC?

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Ron

The rumor is that Sony might announce its Oculus competitor at GDC – speculation fueled by two of the presenters (Marks and Mikhailov) who have some experience with new technology and might signal the announcement of a commercial implementation of … Continue reading →

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New Oculus Head Mounted Display Wows them at CES

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Ron

Oculus VR marches on, WOWing folks at CES that have gotten a chance to  try out their new Crystal Cove 1080p OLED display plus the newly added motion tracking ability courtesy  of the dots embedded in the headset and monitored … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality: Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing turns your skin into an input device

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Ron

AR has a major usability problem – how to interact with the program – after all you can’t (easily) carry around a keyboard. MIT’s Sixth Sense uses a video camera to discern how you are interacting with a projected interface. … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality: Suddenly it’s hot – are we reaching a tipping point?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ron

I was really thrilled when I saw Google’s Glass, a video presentation about Augmented Reality using some tech mounted on a glasses frame. Then Oakley stated it was working on something like that, tying smartphones to AR glasses (ok they’re … Continue reading →

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