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[Bastian] sent in a coffee table he built. This isn't a place to set your drinks and copies of Make, though: it's a multitouch table with a 3D display. Since no description can do this table justice, take a look at the video. The build was inspired by the subject of this Hackaday post where [programming4fun] was able to build a 'holographic display' using a regular 2D projector and a Kinect. … [Read more...]
By now we’re assuming you are all familiar with Google’s “Project Glass”, an ambitious augmented reality project for which they revealed a promotional video last week. [Will Powell] saw the promo vid and was so inspired that he attempted to rig up a demo of Project Glass for himself at home. While it might seem like a daunting project to take on, [Will] does a lot of work with … [Read more...]
[Matt Kwan] says that coming up with a personal heads-up display wasn't that hard. Well that's because he made design choices that make all the difference. The goal here was to add some augmented reality to his field of vision. He went with a baseball cap because it's a pretty easy way to strap something to your head. You can't see it from this angle, but the setup requires you to cut a rather … [Read more...]
[David] sent in a nice project to demonstrate augmented reality with ARtoolkit and discuss the deep philosophical underpinnings of the meaning of nothingness. The good news is he was able to create a volume control button on a sheet of paper with a marker. The bad news is the philosophical treatment is a bit weak; [David] built something cool, so we're able to let that slide for now. This build … [Read more...]
[Ben Krasnow] wrote in, saying that every so often a news story appears covering a project in which researchers embed a single pixel LED display inside a contact lens. The most recent article he saw featured a contact-wearing rabbit, and not being one to shy away from damaging his own body in the name of science, he decided to try the experiment on himself. He started out by soldering a tiny … [Read more...]
We suppose they could just trade shoes, but that wouldn't be a hack. [Timothy] wanted to design a team-building exercise at work, and he figured the best way to get some empathy would be to have people swap eyes. He calls his project eyeSwap and it is supposed to, "put the eye back in team." [Tim] found a few CRT viewfinders in a junk box attached small video cameras to each one. During the … [Read more...]
[Garnet Hertz], a professor and "artist in residence" at UC Irvine, built a drivable Outrun arcade cabinet for an experiment in augmented reality. The old fiberglass and wood cabinet was hacked up and the motors, wheels, and drive train from an electric golf cart were stuffed inside. The original steering wheel and pedals were used for the controls. Although the top speed of the in-game car is … [Read more...]
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