CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is the largest annual electronics show in Japan and took place recently (Oct 5 – Oct 9).
I enjoyed watching a report on the show presented by the IDG World Tech Update series and available on YouTube via Macworlds YouTube Channel. The report takes a look at
Dual-screen cell phone technology from Fujitsu
Flexible OLED screen technology from TDK
Glasses free 3D-display technology from Toshiba
Large screen technology from Mitsubishi
AR Walker, glasses mounted augmented display technology from NTT DOCOMO
Details of the IDG World Tech Update Series is available at
A talk by Blaise Aguera y Arcas at the recent TED 2010 showed some new augmented reality mapping technology from Microsoft.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, architect of Seadragon, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.
Bokode: Imperceptible Visual Tags for Camera Based Interaction from a Distance
A paper presented by members of the Camera Culture Group from the MIT Media Lab at the recent Siggraph 2009, a Bokode is a new kind of small barcode.
Current optical tags, such as barcodes, must be read within a short range and the codes occupy valuable physical space on products. This is a new camera based interaction solution where an ordinary camera can be used to detect small optical tags from a relatively large distance. Tags can be shrunk to 3mm visible diameter, and unmodified ordinary cameras several meters away can be set up to decode the identity plus the relative distance and angle.
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