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In a demo presented at the TED conference last week, an MIT research group gave us a flavor of what the future of augmented reality might be. Basically, their system involved a wearable projector, camera, and computer. Using computer vision, the camera would identify what was in front of you, then project information on to this object or person.

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 (Davethefan began lurking again on or around, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thought we were gonna kcik off big style with the GM debate then :(

(I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 14:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post here's the talk
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
great stuff
 (I helped save b3ta! The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post That is fantastic.
Wish the future would hurry up and get here...
 (I helped save b3ta! IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post That is most excellent.
I'd want a head mounted display though. If I was browsing word clouds associated with people I'd want to be the only one who could see them. Imagine it came up with "this person is a total pillock", and they happened to glance at their chest.

Also, what happens if you meet a woman who is wearing a low cut top? "I'm not staring at your breasts, I'm reading your tag cloud... honest!"
 (Mr._Pickles, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post i want the future
now!
 (I helped save b3ta! null and void, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post that's pretty awesome
not sure I'd want to wear a projector though mind you, wouldn't be so good on the old spinal column!
 (I helped save b3ta! abstraction is somewhere out there..., Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Reminds me of
this.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post I used to love Superkaylo
I'm miffed it's gone for ever.
 (I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I feel cheated by this slightly.
I was expecting the guy to walk around and see everyone around him appear to be Care-bears. My version of augmented reality sounds like more fun than MITs.
 (I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 15:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post NOOOOOOOOO HOLY NOOOOOO IN THE NAME OF WHAT THE F?
LOOK AT THE POST I MADE TODAY INDEPENDENTLY....

www.b3ta.com/links/288362 this is my post.

In response to this thread www.b3ta.com/links/288306#post288362
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post OH GOD IT'S WORSE THAN I THOUGHT!!
I thought maybe you just used that title for this thread because you'd seen my earlier comment.
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post To quote my post:
"Okay, but by that reckoning 20 years ago we should have landed on Jupiter. 10 years ago we should have begun riding unicorns and by now we should have evolved into care bears."

Where did my mind pull that from? I was trying to think of the most fantastical thing I could to make a point and dammit, we HAVE evolved into Care Bears :(
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post It really doesn't help that my reply was to a thread about
wild conspiracy type theories and secret encoded messages and numerology type thing. Which is like, say the number twentythree mysteriousness.

Oh did I post this shortly after on the main board too? www.b3ta.com/board/9256029

Synchronicity is the word of the day.
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post thats rather haunting

(Davethefan began lurking again on or around, Tue 10 Mar 2009, 17:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, yeah, I think I know now what my subconscious must have hit on when it came up with care bears


This is an old image I did of Chump
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 11 Mar 2009, 8:26, , Reply)