Augmented Reality at the Media Lab.
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Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality
07/06/2004 01:56 AMAugmented Reality uses computer graphics that are placed over the
“real world” in front of the person viewing it. It is the
latest thing in mapping technology, allowing you to see it from the
map’s perspective.
Authoring Mixed and Augmented Reality
Authoring Mixed and Augmented Reality
06/04/2004 07:13 AMAMIRE v1.0 released
Augmented reality demo video:
mindblowing
Augmented reality demo video:
mindblowing
02/07/2005 02:08 AMCory Doctorow:
Total Immersions has an "augmented reality" tool called D'Fusion
Technology, as demonstrated in the Windows Media (ugh) video-stream
(ugh) linked from the page below. It's pretty stunning: real people
and objects are captured with video cameras and then three-dimensional
virtual objects are seamlessly matted in, so that the demonstrator
appears to be holding a bouquet of flowers that turns into a
lightsaber, then a helicopter flies over the audience, etc. The gaming
applications are pretty rad -- think of EyeToy with about a thousand
times more granularity and interaction.
Link
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via Waxy)
Augmented Reality Breeds Animated
Storybooks
Augmented Reality Breeds Animated
Storybooks
03/19/2005 02:45 AM
A few folks in New
Zealand have developed the next natural evolution of an old children's
staple: the bedtime story. The book reads like a normal book, if
desired, but when accompanied with a handheld (or head-based) display
and computer vision tracking technology, the story comes to life in
front of them. In another example of augmented reality bringing us
really cool stuff, the director of the lab working on the project
tells us "You can see animated virtual characters overlaid on the real
book pages and hear the voice of [the narrator] reading the story."
Technology Review's article explains what's keeping this technology
from coming to market, at least for now, and when we might see it
outside of the lab setting.
The Giant Who Walks Amongst Us [TechnologyReview]
Other HITLabNZ Projects [HITLabNZ]
Augmented reality Halo derivative goes
nutso
Augmented reality Halo derivative goes
nutso
08/22/2004 03:21 PMCory Doctorow: Pablos sez, "This
I Love Bees thing seems to be
getting out of hand. It is some kind of massive alternate reality
game that may be related to Halo 2. The site has been counting down
to August 24th and now it looks like it is heading into meatspace.
Now there are all these
GPS
coordinates where people are planning to go to
all
over the U.S. on Tuesday. There's all kinds of speculation about
it on
these
forums and in #beekeepers on irc.chat-solutions.org. Anyway, the
gargantuan scale of this thing makes me want to check it out if only
for the bizarre flashmob appeal."
(
Thanks, Pablos!)
"Total Immersions D'Fusion's augmented
reality demo"
"Total Immersions D'Fusion's augmented
reality demo"
02/07/2005 02:03 AMTotal Immersions D'Fusion's augmented
reality demo
Total Immersions D'Fusion's augmented
reality demo
02/07/2005 01:27 AMFirst step to realistic Augmented
Reality
gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/total_immersions_augment
ed_reality_02040854
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Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
02/18/2004 05:11 AMKerry’s Partisan Partners In Smearing Bush -- ABC, CBS and NBC Give
Bush “AWOL” Charge Double The 1992 Coverage Of Clinton’s Draft Dodging
.. reports
mrc.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20040217.asp
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NPR : Perception and Reality: The
Business of Media
NPR : Perception and Reality: The
Business of Media
04/15/2005 11:20 PMSome Romy link named Folkenflik (trying saying that quickly a hundred
times) is shocked -- SHOCKED!!!!! -- that media companies behave like
MEDIA COMPANIES .. FEC on our asses: .. npr
essay
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"Reagan: Media Myth and Reality"
"Reagan: Media Myth and Reality"
06/13/2004 01:48 PMResearch and Markets: Media Networking
2005: the Networked Living Room Becomes
A Reality
Research and Markets: Media Networking
2005: the Networked Living Room Becomes
A Reality
03/29/2005 05:08 AMResearch and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14550) has
announced the addition of Media Networking 2005: the Networked Living
Room Becomes A Reality to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]
Virtual reality calms the chemo reality
Virtual reality calms the chemo reality
08/01/2004 08:03 AMChicago Tribune Aug 1 2004 12:13PM GMT
Reality Porn - Hot Reality Porn Reviews
Reality Porn - Hot Reality Porn Reviews
04/26/2004 06:49 PMwww.reality-porn.ws
reality-porn.ws
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"Forgery feeding frenzy: Media falling
afoul of ... [Media Matters for
America]"
"Forgery feeding frenzy: Media falling
afoul of ... [Media Matters for
America]"
09/13/2004 03:42 AMNew England Republican: Media Hypocrisy
- How the Media Handled the Bush AWOL
Controversy
New England Republican: Media Hypocrisy
- How the Media Handled the Bush AWOL
Controversy
08/16/2004 06:25 AM"Media hypocrisy -- How the media handled the Bush AWOL controversy."
.. New England
Republican
nerepublican.blogspot.com/2004/08/media-hypocrisy-how-med
ia-handled-bush.html
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Ambient Media Inc. Expands Digital Media
Network into New York's Penn Station
Ambient Media Inc. Expands Digital Media
Network into New York's Penn Station
07/12/2004 02:08 AMAmbient Media Inc., owner and operator of the Ambient Media Network, a
digital media network for communicating, branding, marketing and
advertising in public and private spaces, today announced it has
completed the initial phase of its expansion into select venues in New
York's Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station). [PRWEB Jul 12, 2004]
First Interfaith Streaming Media Website
Launched by Faith & Values Media
First Interfaith Streaming Media Website
Launched by Faith & Values Media
06/17/2005 03:26 PMWebby-Award Nominee FaithStreams.com Creates Unique “Electronic
Library” of Faith-Based Video; Offers Streamed Programs and
Video-On-Demand [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005]
""Media hypocrisy -- How the media
handled the Bush AWOL controversy.""
""Media hypocrisy -- How the media
handled the Bush AWOL controversy.""
08/15/2004 09:32 PMFlashback: In 1999, media virtually
ignored ant ... [Media Matters for
America]
Flashback: In 1999, media virtually
ignored ant ... [Media Matters for
America]
08/21/2004 08:17 PMFortunate Son vs. Swift Boat Liars ..
MediaMatters
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Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
09/01/2004 08:55 PMReview: Microsoft readies its next Windows Media Player as
hardware makers start to ship portable video players. We look at the
Creative Zen Portable Media Center as a prime early example. In wooing
content producers, has Microsoft imposed too many shackles on users?
Real Digital Media Releases Neocast
Media Player XF
Real Digital Media Releases Neocast
Media Player XF
03/22/2005 03:16 PMProduct Represents Company’s Next Generation Digital Signage and
Narrowcast Network Media Player Appliance [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]
Boris Graffiti To Be Included with
Software-only Version of Media 100
Advanced Vector Titling Solution
Integrates with New Media 100 NLE
Boris Graffiti To Be Included with
Software-only Version of Media 100
Advanced Vector Titling Solution
Integrates with New Media 100 NLE
04/18/2005 04:11 AMBoris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for
video and film, today announced that Graffiti 4.0 will be bundled with
Media 100 sw, a software-only version of the company’s Media 100 HD
editing system. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]
High-Tech Media Vets Form Microcast
Communications to Offer Custom Content
and Events; New Media Company is th
High-Tech Media Vets Form Microcast
Communications to Offer Custom Content
and Events; New Media Company is th
04/18/2005 08:41 AMBusiness Wire UK Apr 18 2005 12:21PM GMT
Media Alert: COMDEX Las Vegas 2003
Creates A Lively Media Preview Panel Set
For The Aladdin Hotel OnSunday, No
Media Alert: COMDEX Las Vegas 2003
Creates A Lively Media Preview Panel Set
For The Aladdin Hotel OnSunday, No
11/14/2003 01:18 AMCOMDEX Nov 14 2003 1:14AM ET
Advanced Media Introduces "QuattroDrive"
Four-in-One Media Drive
Advanced Media Introduces "QuattroDrive"
Four-in-One Media Drive
01/05/2005 03:24 AMNew Ridata-Brand Stand-Alone Unit Is Perfect Combination of Company's
Two Core Products: Optical Media and Flash Cards [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]
Media Professionals: "The Business of
Creativity Media Conference" on 4/26
Media Professionals: "The Business of
Creativity Media Conference" on 4/26
04/15/2005 04:41 AMThe Graduate Media Association of Metropolitan College of New York
(MCNY) announces its plan to hold its first media conference, “The
Business of Creativity”, which is set to take place on Tuesday, April
26, 2005 at MCNY’s Manhattan campus on the 12th floor. The conference
will assemble a program of today’s top professionals to give hands-on
workshops, lectures, and panel discussions, covering topics that are
in the forefront of today’s media world. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005]
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
03/24/2005 08:30 PMMedia Center PC World Mar 25 2005 12:48AM GMT
Media 100 offers hardware-based Media
100 HD
Media 100 offers hardware-based Media
100 HD
12/10/2003 03:10 PMMedia 100 Inc. has supported the
Mac with updated OS X-native versions of its Media 100 i software, but
it's been eight years since the company produced any hardware for the
Mac. Now that drought has ended with the introduction of the Media 100
HD, a new native High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD)
editing system that resides on a PCI-based expansion card.
I Want Media - Media People: Jeff Jarvis
I Want Media - Media People: Jeff Jarvis
03/13/2003 09:58 PMJeff Jarvis: 'Bloggers Are Becoming Influencers' .. I Want Media"
interview with Jeff Jarvis .. questions
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News: Media 100 to offer software-only
Media 100 HD
News: Media 100 to offer software-only
Media 100 HD
04/04/2005 03:18 PMOptibase Ltd. subsidiary Media 100 has announced Media 100 sw, a
software-only version of its Media 100 HD editing system. The software
will be distributed as a CD-ROM-based installation, available as a
public beta. It'll be distributed exclusively on CD-ROMs available at
Optibase's booth at the NAB 2005 trade show later this month.
Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
06/17/2005 03:26 PMPromixis LLC today announced the immediate availability of NetRemote
1.1 featuring Media Bridge 2.0 at its website:
http://www.promixis.com. NetRemote allows users to wirelessly view and
control playback of their digital media using Windows Media Player,
iTunes, J. River Media Center and Winamp. NetRemote runs on Windows
and Pocket PCs. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
01/08/2004 07:35 PMThis evening during his keynote address at the 2004 International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief
Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled Windows® Media Center Extender
Technology. The software will power a new generation of products that
will extend the Media Center Edition PC experience allowing consumers
to access their favorite digital entertainment, such as live and
recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their
Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home --
regardless of where the PC is located. Media Center Extender
Technology will not only provide access to rich content and services,
but will enable devices throughout the home to utilize the full
processing and storage capabilities of the PC creating new
opportunities for services and providing unprecedented choice and
access to content for consumers
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: WEBLOGS ARE
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, BUT
LOUSY COMMUNICATION TOOLS
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: WEBLOGS ARE
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, BUT
LOUSY COMMUNICATION TOOLS
06/04/2004 11:02 AM
Ton Zijlstra is on to
something.
He describes blogs as "personal presence portals", and then goes on to
describe the "awkwardness" that we feel when we go from 'knowing'
someone through their blog to meeting them in person. His solution to
that is simple: acknowledge
the awkwardness explicitly in the first face-to-face conversation, and
then work through it. Jon Husband chimes in
with the observation that on-line 'presence' is still foreign to us,
and we need to learn how to use it, much as at one point in our lives
we first learn to use the telephone. So why is it that learning to use
the telephone is childsplay, while learning to use blogs, especially
when 'enriched' with Skype VoIP telephony, IM, wikis and webcams is so
awkward, so hard?
It all comes down to the subject of Ton's post: presence. Ton refers to this
article that defines presence as a high-quality simulation of actual personal
existence,
high-quality implying socially rich, perceptually and socially
realistic, transporting (in both senses of the word), immersing, and
natural. Do blogs, with or without add-on multimedia tools, provide a
high-quality simulation of the author's existence, do they have presence?
To understand why this question is meaningless, we need to turn to the
guru of media, Marshall McLuhan. In his landmark book Understanding Media,
almost half a century ago, he explained the difference between media
and tools. Communications media are place holders for content, for the
message ("the medium is the
message"). Communication tools are technologies that deliver
the content, the message . In today's electronic age, he said, the two
have become blurred together. So my communication media decision tree
from last year, reproduced above, while useful, is somewhat flawed, in
that it mixes the two together.
But if we want to understand blogs, which are part media, part tools,
we need to unblur these distinct characteristics. The best way to do
this is to understand what, in McLuhan's terminology, the constituent
parts of blogs are extensions
of. The telephone, a communication tool, is an extension of the ear
and
the voice. Radio is a communication tool, likewise an extension of the
ear and voice, but the radio program is a communications medium, an extension of
the programmer's memory (and,
if we tape it, an extension of our memory as well).
Blogs, like newspaper columns or news digests, are essentially
communications media, extensions of our memories, place holders for
our
ideas and messages. They are not really extensions of our brains,
because they capture, like a snapshot, our thinking at one point in
time. Although we can try to make them conversational and describe our
thought processes in a blog article, they do not, in their simplest
form, allow the reader to truly engage our brains in real or
close-to-real time.
Now, blogs also have two communication tools included: a publishing
and
subscription tool (RSS), which does transmit our messages (very well),
and the rudimentary comments 'thread' functionality which, like a poor
web forum, does allow some dialogue with the author and with other
readers. The thread is a (lousy, and because it's asynchronous, jerky)
extension of our brains. To some extent the Internet itself is a
communication tool that disseminates our blog comment; it is the
blog's
'printing press'. And by that analogy, RSS is like the delivery truck
that takes the newspaper to the subscriber's house -- both are
communication tools, though RSS is clearly the superior delivery
vehicle.
So what? Well, there is a huge amount of discussion about how to make
blogs better, how to use them in business, and what their future is,
none of which makes the essential distinction between their role and
value as communication media and their role and value as communication
tools.
I would argue that the critical functionality of blogs, both in
personal and business use, is as a personal communications medium i.e.
a storage space for everything of consequence in our memories, and
everything of consequence in that other extension of our memory, the
filing cabinet (and its electronic analogue, the 'My Documents'
folder). As I've said in my posts on the future of blogs and in my future
state visions,
I think blogs will eventually (and properly) morph into purer, simpler
versions of this one critical functionality -- they will become the
proxies, the substitutes for our memories, for use by friends and
business contacts when we're busy or away from the high-presence
communication tools, by vendors to ascertain our need for their
offerings, and by ourselves as a place to organize, store and access
our own thoughts and memories, thus freeing up more of our real
memories for new ideas and perceptions. There have been some
interesting articles lately by people who say that making and keeping
huge numbers of dynamic lists and notes, instead of trying to keep all
that in our memories, we can actually enrich our brain's power, our
intellectual effectiveness and even our intelligence by 'freeing up
memory and brain CPU'. Next-generation blogs could be perfect for
that,
not only freeing up our memories but also allowing others access to
our
ideas and learnings.
So to that limited extent, blogs have presence -- they can be
excellent
simulations, surrogates, proxies for our personal memories. But what
if
we need more context to be able to properly understand the message, or
effectively use or build on the content of this virtual memory? Then
we
need high-quality, high-presence communication tools,
not communication media. We are rapidly moving towards a convergence
of
several 'online' communication tools: telephony, e-mail, IM, and
potentially voice-mail and videoconferencing. Right now, the content,
the stored messages of these various tools are unintegrated, but voice
recognition and transcription is quickly improving and we will soon be
able to 'record' conversations in any of these media in one simple,
intuitive way, and with Simple
Virtual Presence
we will also have a simple intuitive way to connect with people using
any or all of these media. Then we'll need a 'bridge' to allow each of
the participants in a conference to see anything in the blog/virtual
memory of any of the participants.
Until that day arrives, blogs get high marks as a communication
medium, but barely a
passing grade
as communication tools. If the technology developers understand the
distinction, and start building tools that are properly engineered for
simple, seamless connectivity, then one day the blurring won't matter,
and the integration between media and tools will be complete.
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Microsoft Adopts thePlatform media
publishing system To Manage MSN Video
Downloads; thePlatform's Media Manage
Microsoft Adopts thePlatform media
publishing system To Manage MSN Video
Downloads; thePlatform's Media Manage
01/06/2005 07:20 AMInvestors Business Daily Jan 6 2005 11:38AM GMT
Re-Pet a Reality
Re-Pet a Reality
12/24/2004 12:44 PMSlashdot Dec 23 2004 5:30PM GMT
New Reality TV
New Reality TV
05/20/2004 08:44 AMTelevision networks look to reinvent the wheel this year.
Our Reality
Our Reality
05/25/2004 11:56 AMI was interviewed by Bambi Francisco on Reality TV for her Net Sense
collumn, which leaves me a little explaining to do. In Bambi's other
life she is hosting a Reality show on personal finance, which is
admirable because the...
The reality about Reality TV
The reality about Reality TV
03/11/2003 10:45 AMKudos to The Joy of Tech…...
Microsoft Announces Windows Media
Connect Technology, Enabling Seamless
Media Transfer Between Windows XP-Based
PCs and Consumer Electronics Devices
Microsoft Announces Windows Media
Connect Technology, Enabling Seamless
Media Transfer Between Windows XP-Based
PCs and Consumer Electronics Devices
01/08/2004 07:36 PMToday at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
Microsoft Corp. announced Windows® Media Connect, technology designed
to enable hardware manufacturers to easily develop devices such as
Digital Media Receivers (DMRs), which have rich functionality for
playing digital media files stored on personal computers over home
networks. A broad range of industry leaders have announced their
support of this upcoming technology, including leading PC OEMs and
consumer electronics device manufacturers including Arcadyan
Technology Corp., Creative Labs, Dell Inc., Mediabolic Inc., PRISMIQ
Inc., Rockford Corp., Roku, Simple Devices Inc. and Toshiba. Leading
content service providers such as LAUNCH Music on Yahoo!, MusicNow
(formerly FullAudio), and Napster also endorsed Windows Media Connect
for its ability to extend the reach of their content and services to a
new range of consumer devices. Available in 2004, Windows Media
Connect technology will overcome two critical hurdles faced by
networked media devices today: compatibility between proprietary
devices and ease of access to content stored on the PC.
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