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  • Now Larry Page has been spotted wearing Google's augmented reality glasses. Google, Augmented Reality, Larry Page, Project Glass 0

    Now Larry Page has been spotted wearing Google's augmented reality glasses

    In London no less 22 May 2012 17:54 GMT

    Anything Google’s Sergey Brin can do, co-founder Larry Page can do too, after he joined his colleague in being photographed wearing Google’s Augmented Reality glasses. 

    Page was snapped wearing the Project Glass Augmented Reality...

  • Wagamama augmented reality placemats. Augmented Reality, Wagamama 0

    Wagamama augmented reality placemats

    A first for UK restaurants 7 May 2012 9:20 GMT

    Now it’s not only the food that’s supposed to transport you to another world.

    Wagamama is the first restaurant chain to roll out augmented reality placemats in all 80 of its UK restaurants.

    Using Blippar, diners will be...

  • Faerie Planet: AR app that lets you find fairies at the bottom of your garden. Apps, iPhone apps, Augmented Reality 0

    Faerie Planet: AR app that lets you find fairies at the bottom of your garden

    Catch them if you can 24 April 2012 0:00 GMT

    A new app is hoping to allow you to capture fairies at the bottom of your garden and become the next hit sensation on the iPhone.

    Called Faerie Planet, the iPhone app uses a combination of regular gameplay mechanics and augmented reality to...

  • Oakley has been working on AR glasses since 1997 . Sports Fitness, Augmented Reality, Oakley 0

    Oakley has been working on AR glasses since 1997

    Old news 18 April 2012 11:15 GMT

    “As an organisation, we’ve been chasing this beast since 1997.”

    That's Colin Baden, Oakley CEO, telling Bloomberg in a recent interview that the new Google Project Glass augmented reality glasses are nothing new.

    The...

  • Tupac back from the dead as he performs as a hologram

    Tupac back from the dead as he performs as a hologram

    Start of things to come 16 April 2012 17:38 GMT

    Have you heard the rumour that rather than pushing up daises, hip-hop star Tupac is actually chilling with fellow slain artist Biggie in some Caribbean island? 

    After seeing this staggeringly realistic video of a holographic Tupac take to the...

  • Lift the FA Cup with augmented reality app

    Lift the FA Cup with augmented reality app

    Beer mat to cup 12 April 2012 13:17 GMT

    Mobile phone users can now feel what it’s like to lift the FA Cup albeit virtually, via an augmented reality app powered by Aurasma.

    The Budweiser Man of the Match application has been updated to enable you to point your device at promotional...

  • Google founder snapped wearing Augmented Reality glasses

    Google founder snapped wearing augmented reality glasses

    Sergey Brin shows off eyewear 6 April 2012 13:13 GMT

    Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been photographed wearing the company’s much talked about Project Glass Augmented Reality specs.

    Confirming they are very much the real deal, Brin posed for pictures with blogger Robert Scoble, at a charity...

  • Move over Google Project Glass, BAE System's AR HUD already aids Tornado pilots

    Move over Google Project Glass, BAE System's AR HUD already aids Tornado pilots

    Augmented reality a reality 5 April 2012 13:29 GMT

    Google may well be working on its Google Project Glass augmented reality visors, but British defence company BAE Systems has delivered its Tornado Helmet Mounted Cueing System to the Royal Air Force, proving that heads-up displays are already fully...

  • Google Project Glass: Google starts testing augmented reality glasses  . Augmented Reality, Google 0

    Google Project Glass: Google starts testing augmented reality glasses

    AR goggles revealed 4 April 2012 17:21 GMT

    Google has started testing its much-hyped and rumoured augmented reality glasses, sharing the first stages of the trail with Google Plus users.

    "A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology - one that...

  • Zappar teams with Moonpig for AR greetings cards - say it with video. Zappar, Augmented Reality, Apps, Moonpig 0

    Zappar teams with Moonpig for AR greetings cards - say it with video

    EXCLUSIVE: We chat to Zappar founder Kirk Ewing 2 April 2012 15:17 GMT

    Personalised greetings card-specialist Moonpig has teamed up with augmented reality entertainment company Zappar to offer a range of cards that come to life when viewed through an iPhone or Android smartphone.

    Called Video Cards on the Moonpig...

  • Android powered Google AR glasses to land this year. Glasses, Augmented Reality, Google, Android 0

    Android powered Google AR glasses to land this year

    According to the New York Times 22 February 2012 16:35 GMT

    According to a report by the New York Times tech section Bits, we could be seeing the much-speculated Android-powered Google AR glasses landing before 2012 is up.

    We first got wind of the project at the end of last year when 9to5Google ran...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Cliff Diving review (PS Vita)

    APP OF THE DAY: Cliff Diving review (PS Vita)

    Freebie AR game for launch day 21 February 2012 18:00 GMT

    So it's nearly here. Tomorrow sees the UK and US launch of the Sony PlayStation Vita and the long wait is almost over. We've already looked at an official game or two, but now it's time to focus on one of the many apps Sony plans to offer in its store,...

  • Character Options AppGear to bring AR gaming to Doctor Who

    Character Options AppGear to bring AR gaming to Doctor Who

    TOY FAIR 2012: Foam Fighters first up 25 January 2012 15:49 GMT

    Character Options, the company behind many licensed toys including the Doctor Who and Wembley Stadium Character Building brick sets, Angry Birds catapult and Android plush, is to bring WowWee's AppGear to the UK, a new range of augmented reality games...

  • Dewar's offers AR tipple with poet Rabbie for Burns Night

    Dewar's offers AR tipple with poet Rabbie for Burns Night

    Bony lassie, will ye go 25 January 2012 13:27 GMT

    Dewar's World of Whisky is celebrating tonight's Burns Night by offering visitors to its Aberfeldy Distillery a tech-laden tipple with Rabbie Burns himself. It has turned a painting of the poet into an Aurasma AR trigger which comes alive and recites...

  • Nokia City Lens adds Augmented Reality to Local Scout on Windows Phone 7. Phones, Apps, Windows Phone 7 apps, Windows Phone 7, Nokia, Microsoft, Augmented Reality 0

    Nokia City Lens adds Augmented Reality to Local Scout on Windows Phone 7

    CES 2012: App time 16 January 2012 17:27 GMT

    If you've already got a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, or know someone that uses it, you'll no doubt already know about the really handy app by Microsoft called Local Scout.

    Nokia knows about it too, but feels it can do a better job than the people...

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