Augmented reality used to be a term that applied to head mounted displays and, more recently, iPhones and PDAs - displaying information about the world around you or otherwise enhancing your vision. Now, however, there is a new breed of AR that employs projectors.The Magic Projection system uses a standard desktop projector, connected to a Mac. Here is a video of a Unibody MacBook Pro driving a display which projects on to a blank canvas which has embedded spatial sensors.Even more practical is the Sixth Sense system, which employs a wearable computer and projector. This video shows how such a system can be used to provide product ratings and book reviews, or even turn any surface into a calculator or web browser!An example of augmented reality already put into practice is provided by Lego. In this video, an electronic 'mirror' shows what you can create with the bricks included in any box of legos.Labels: Apple, AR, augmented reality, immersive video, macbook pro, projector, wearable
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