augmented reality: a new kind of VR

December 01, 2008

Papervision Augmented Reality (via OUseful)

By printing a little square pattern, using my webcam, I got this little creature to appear on my desk:

It was a little fragile — I couldn’t get it to appear reliably and it disappeared when I moved it.

I can’t wait to try out the native code apps for the iPhone (lots of cool links at OUseful)… reminds me of the VR-GPS art installations in Spook Country by William Gibson which I just started reading.

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