Augmented reality - coming to your life soon(ish)

[edo]

Been hearing a lot about a company called Innovega recently, who are at the forefront of developing augmented reality direct to your eyeball. See:

http://innovega-inc.com/business-model.php

This isn't going to happen overnight, but it wouldn't surprise me if everyone was wearing augmented reality contact lenses within 20 years. Will make our current worries about always being attached to the grid via computers and mobile phones a quaint relic of the past.

I'm sure our resident futurist Edwin will have something to say about this post

 

[stevebrowne]

I went for arcontactlens and arcontactlenses a couple of years back as a long term punt.

 

[accelerator]

This is why I own lens.co.

Rgds

 

[tifosi]

Just up for DL auction... http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/domain-name-auctions/101410-augmentedapps-co-uk.html#post387867

 

[edo]

And now the whole internet goes nuts for Google's announcement. The Matrix is beginning before our very eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4

 

[tifosi]

And now the whole internet goes nuts for Google's announcement. The Matrix is beginning before our very eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4

Just loving some of the comments below the clip...

 

[murph]

Yep I've got a few in this niche

 

[Blossom]

Nintendo's augmented reality thing for the 3DS is pretty cool.

 

[paulleahy]

When working for BSH in the training room they showed us this BMW video you must watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9KPJlA5yds Monkey see Monkey do

 

[Nova]

Too far. I don't want to be an android or dictated by Google. I might actually want to get lost now and again when looking for directions and not told where to walk and turn by a computer. I don't even use a sat nav and if I ever did I would be once in a blue moon, I wouldn't want to be hooked up all the time like that!

If someone bought me a pair of those specs for a birthday I would just stamp on them.

Cheers, I feel better now lol.

 

[Aegean]

I think the first AR came along in the mid '70's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCq_nzlou0Q