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Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry

Upside Learning

To me it is just a big (physically speaking) iPhone clone (that too with something like a camera missing! The missing camera. While demonstrating our Innovation and new projects team’s work on Augmented Reality the iPad is useless without the electronic eye. However now I feel that’s not going to happen.

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Tools for Developing Augmented Reality Applications

Upside Learning

We have been experimenting with development of Augmented Reality [AR] applications for some time now. Marker based/Image recognition – using a camera these applications recognize a marker or an image in the real world, calculate its position & orientation to augment the reality.

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Augmented Reality – Upside Pune Layar

Upside Learning

Today, Upside Learning is thrilled to announce that we are augmenting reality in Pune, with a layer that’ll let you find significant landmarks in and around the city. If you have an iPhone or Android Phone and have the augmented reality browser Layar installed you can access this layer now.

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The two types of augmented reality

E-Learning Provocateur

My favourite example of augmented reality is now a couple of years old: While it might not be as flash as the xkcd enthusiasts might demand from this emerging technology, it remains practical and – gasp! But are these two latter examples really augmented reality? Reality is in real-time. New criteria.

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An Augmented Reality Future

Upside Learning

The app utilizes the iPhone or iPad 2’s front-facing camera to track your hands. The use of augmented reality as an interface has mostly been gimmicky. Perhaps the only other AR based apps that have made equal sense are the augmented reality browsers.

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Augmented Reality – Now A Reality at Upside

Upside Learning

We first posted about Augmented Reality way back in April 2009. The START button would be activated after successful camera detection. Make sure that the camera is not being used by any other application. AR applications around the world are being developed using FLARToolKit , LAYAR , UNIFEYE , D-fusion platform etc.

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5 Ways to Use Augmented Reality in the Classroom

LearnDash

But Augmented Reality (AR) is a much more accessible technology that educators can begin to implement more effectively in the classroom. Augmented Reality uses readily available mobile technology on a phone or tablet to provide additional information about the surrounding environment. Let’s take a closer look.