Tag Archives: augmented reality

CastAR Augmented Reality Glasses: Potential in a GIS Application

Posted on 28. May, 2013 by .

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CastAR augmented reality glasses are an interesting technology due to the different approach that they use. The glasses project content onto a surface that users then experience.  This can include more than 1 user and several persons wearing the glasses, standing before the projection screen will gain a unique view of the 3D projection. So [...]

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Dassault Systèmes: Amazing – 3D Drives Growth in Europe

Posted on 26. Jul, 2012 by .

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Dassault Systèmes is reporting today and the company indicates 19% growth in revenue and 29% growth in EPS. These are pretty amazing numbers for a Europe in tough economic times. So what gives? 3D is a large part of the answer. Companies are seeking to improve efficiency and 3D helps to do that. More than [...]

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Classroom Of The Future: 3D – Visualization – Simulation & Spatial

Posted on 03. Jul, 2012 by .

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Filled with 3D, visualization, simulation, gaming, and spatial data, the classroom of the future is bound to be far different than we knew in the past.  ”Interactive worktables, robots and collaborative learning on mobile devices are close to becoming a reality in Australia’s classrooms. Such revolutionary educational approaches are the focus of this year’s International Conference of [...]

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Google First To Market With A Combined Office-Field 3D Platform?

Posted on 29. Jun, 2012 by .

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3D is rapidly evolving and the mix of software, services and hardware together are a vibrant indication that 3D is at the tipping point and about to rapidly expand across business-consumer use. For the most part, the instruments and technologies capable of capturing data in 3D have been refined. These include airborne sensing and photogrammety [...]

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Innovative Augmented Reality Extracts Intelligence From Paper Maps

Posted on 20. Jun, 2012 by .

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The augmented reality application LAYAR operates on mobile phones and provides a means to work with augmented reality. Such applications can show where underground pipes and roads are within a city or rural area and they reveal personalized notations about locations, Now users of this technology are able to use augmented reality to integrate and [...]

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Education: Augmented Reality and 3D Improves The Ability to Learn

Posted on 05. Jun, 2012 by .

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A picture is worth a thousand words – we have all heard it. But there is evidence that students learn quicker and better through augmented reality. As Jose Dolz of the ARLAB explains, “…For instance, in mathematics and geometry the main advantage of using an AR system is that students actually see three dimensional objects [...]

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GlorAR 3D Web Browser

Posted on 04. Jun, 2012 by .

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The new GlorAR 3D web browser provides a unqiue platform for viewing objects in 3D. To explain – anyone can create a 3D object and once having done so, they place the object on a map as a pin or using other symbology. These objects are available for anyone to see in map form and [...]

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GPS Driven Augmented Reality For America’s Cup – and 3D Infrastructure

Posted on 09. May, 2012 by .

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The global positioning system (GPS) is directly applicable to the development of 3D applications that include augmented reality.  Liveline is an example of this in action. “ LiveLine superimposes graphics on the screen as a technical aid for viewers, like ahead-behind lines that enable audiences to clearly see who is leading the race and race-course boundaries. [...]

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