Video: TAT's augmented reality concept unveiled
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jul 9th 2009 1:55PM
posted Jul 9th 2009 1:55PM
You remember TAT, right? Amongst other things The Astonishing Tribe has done some bang-up work with the user interface for the G1, unveiled a pretty impressive 3D eye-tracking concept, and now they're hard at work developing something called Augmented ID, an augmented reality concept that uses facial recognition software to attach your visage to a profile. When someone views you through their handset's camera, pre-selected info and social networking links appear to hover around you, letting your new found friend in on more than just your pretty smile. Of course, this is only a concept at the present moment, but when it does become real, make sure you remember to remove those links to JDate and the Cracked Magazine forums before that important corporate presentation. Trust us -- you don't want those worlds colliding. Hit up that read link for the latest from the Swedish design team, but not before you peep this stellar video after the break.
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that's awesome
that is unbelievable!!! cant wait....
Agreed, this is amazing work. Just imagine the possibilities for this application. Very cool stuff.
BUT, what I REALLY want to know is, what phones are they using in this video? Did anyone else wonder about this? The phone the girl holds up ~ 51secs (pause at the zoom @ 54secs) is not anything I recognize even from Android rumors/leaks. The screen is HUGE, and it's covered in what I like to call "stealth tape", like the kind they put on new cars during road tests. It may be an iPhone due to the form factor and screen size, but why would they cover it like that? Also, in the beginning where dude is setting his profile, it appears that the phone has a front-facing camera as he's looking directly down at it while making the changes. Looking a little closer, the edges of the phone appear to be rounded - pause @ 58secs and look @ the top-right corner of the phone.. the tape looks square but clearly the device has rounded edges.
So lets see, a touchscreen phone with a very large screen, rounded edges, a great touch UI (could be iPhone or Android), and a front-facing camera?? Could this be the Huawei U8230 ?!?! My detective eyes and ears are clearly intrigued, hoping that it's not an iPhone and something much cooler than that.
What does everyone else think?
Who has the time to come up with these videos?
Front cam was taped on the top edge of a iPhone.
All other stuff is digital editing. This is too much processing power for a G1.
Who has the time to come up with these videos?
Front cam was taped on the top edge of a iPhone.
All other stuff is digital editing. This is too much processing power for a G1.
very cool stuff
Try watching the anime Higashi no Eden. It centers around a group of students who create a program which does this on the cloud, only much better.