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Augmented Reality Tourism
pershino writes "Augmented reality is gaining real world application to take us backwards. The BBC has a
story about a European Union-funded project providing tourists with computer-augmented versions of
archaeological attractions like
Pompeii."
And more importantly - will my stupendously Total Recall memory of the vacation be rudely disturbed by strange freaky humanoid maritian colonisers trying to kill me in the subterranean hum of the power plant?
See that long UID - that's what you get for lurking too long
"Pompeii would be peopled by computer-generated characters"
How would they respond to you running around saying "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IN A FIERY DEATH!!!!"
who read "Augmented Reality Terrorism" the first time? Note for next time: Read the headline twice before reading the article. Saves you from a lot of confusion...
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Imaging you go to the Rome and see the whole Colosseum like it was in the movie Gladiator, or the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.
This could also be a way for our future generation to see our world.
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I've already been an augmented reality tourist.
Augmented reality is definitely cool, and it has a lot of useful applications. However, I don't think it's quite the same as visiting a place for yourself. That's not possible with Pompeii, but I don't think "Augmented Reality Tourism" can approach the majesty of seeing the Niagra Falls or the Pyramids at Giza for yourself. There's just something special about seeing things in real life.
so now I can spend my holidays with computers too.
Interesting how this was put in the games section. Since when was tourism/archaeology a game? Not to mention it make my eyes hurt, ha. Cheers, james
Everyone knows there are several brothels in Pompeii... right ?
Pompeii would be peopled by computer-generated characters
That would be cool, for sure. More interesting, immediately.
computer-augmented versions of archaeological attractions like Pompeii
What do they do, lock you in a server room running 10,000 AMD chips spiked at 100% usage and wait for your skin to start melting?
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The tech behind this amazing stuff is from 2d3, a UK company. Among others, WETA digitals (responsible for the LOTR CG effects) used their camera-tracking soft for post-production.
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I think we've all been waiting for good VR tech to start becomming a reality, but what would people most like to use it for?
I can think of a few ways... Tour of the Playboy Mansion
Tour of the Penthouse Photo studios
Tour of the Dallas Cheerleader locker room (or any Cheerleader's locker-room..)
I want to rent a robot in a far away place which I can control over the internet from home. It would let me drive around the attraction, and have a video camera I could aim (direction, raise, lower), along with a microphone. The software client for my computer would not only display the video/audio stream, but show an interactive GPS map of where I (my robot) am, and provide context sensitive supplementary text, audio, and video information akin to a tour guide - especially at any places my robot could not maneuver. I could even be able to interact with people in these places, and possibly so far as to purchase items that would be shipped to me. I would like to be able to rent such a robot (by the hour) at any major tourist attraction around the world (ie, Pyramids). And, of course, the rates would be really reasonable :P
The same cannot be said of, say, the Chinese. The reality of 1895 Shanghai is that, under Western domination, the city prospered. For the first time in its history, people enjoyed codified laws that police fairly enforced. The rest of China was a pig sty: warlords controlled vast stretches of land and ruled by whim.
If we created an accurate virtual reality of 1895 Shanghai, the Chinese would be up in arms, crying "racism", "bigory", and "Western oppression". They would accuse us Westerners of distorting history.
Now, consider a virtual reality of 1951 Tibet when the Chinese armies were ransacking Tibet and pursuing the Dalai Lama to kill him. ...
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Augmented reality should be able to turn the love doll lying in your closet into a real woman!
You know, some day someone is going to do their PhD thesis on what types of words and stories are most likely to attract the attention of geeks.
"Augmented Reality"
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Once cellphones became compact, well-designed and a social accessory, they went mainstream much faster than they could have if they weren't.
People are much more accepting of new technology when it appeals to their eye, and looks like something they'd be familiar with. Luckily glasses are familiar, and thin headsets are starting to be what with bluetooth earpieces and stuff like that.
We just need someone like Apple to come along and come out with something people will want to buy. Once the consumer money is behind it, it could take off in ways the MIT Media Lab never invisioned.
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Never really thought of it that way...
One could make the argument that that's one of the reasons we go to movies, like The Gladiator. Another is adventure games like Myst, and Schizm. As pointed out in "Joystick Nation" They're a form of virtual tourism were, unlike shoot em-up games. They're places we would like to visit. The fact they're fantasy is an added bonus. That and the fact there wasn't much to run on those new CD-Rom drives.
It should point out I have an architecture book that gives virtual tours, of buildings that once were (Frank Loyd Wright), That never existed (Buildings from a fantasy novel), or unrealized visions (designs that architects envisioned, but never built).
My first thought when reading the article was "they are going to make great interactive video games with this".
Good job posting this in the games section.Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
While tourism might be cool, I think there's a place for AR in our daily lives. If AR were accessible right now, I'd no longer have to decide whether to exercise or play GTA. I think it would be neat if the First Person Shooter could be integrated with a sophisticated body movement sensor and HUD so that you could get your daily 10,000 steps in and, at the same time, boost your score.
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"You know, some day someone is going to do their PhD thesis on what types of words and stories are most likely to attract the attention of geeks."
Naked Female Sumo Wrestlers.
Actually, I remember seeing a virtual reality tour of the famous Notre Dame. We're seeing this sort of thing more and more, mostly with QuickTimeVR.
As with most of these technologies, I think companies are mostly still a little leary because the average computer is still a little bit underpowered. I'm a tech guy and I still use my 700mhz laptop for daily stuff.
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Jan
"Not only does this appear to greatly help tourism by drawing children (and their parents) to sites that may have been dying from a worldwide slump in tourism."
It also does an end-run around one of the side-effects of terrorism. Dangerous? Our country isn't dangerous. See our lovely sites from the safety of your house.
Jan
RTFA and think please.
AR is stuff superimposed on reality at the site. If you want the magisty of the site on it's own, take your headset off.
AR's greatest potential is in historical conservation. It should go far to eliminate botched "restorations" as any number of interpretations can be imaged over the actual object without ever touching it. That's very cool.
AR's greatest potential revenue will be in historical gaming. People already pay for laser tag and paintball. AR can take them to any battle field, give them grisly wounds and other fun effects. Others might prefer other illusions all will be willing to pay for them and many more will be willing to share what they make without charge.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
Oh great, another job that's going to be lost to computers! (Score: -5, Flamebait)
When will people learn? In another 20 years all of our jobs will be replaced by computers. Can you ask a walkman questions? No! Can you you interact with them? No! Will I eventually lose my job to one of them? Yes!
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Having to wear some contraption strapped to my head when I go to the museum is going to severely cramp my style.
Um, what I mean is... cool. But with a company like WETA behind it, we all know their real purpose: Bringing people to New Zealand so they can relive the LOTR trilogy.
It was a great idea done at a high budget level. Unfortunately, the underlying story of the defense of Singapore as far as the battle box is concerned is dull ("they've captured our water supply.. hmm.. maybe we should have defended it.. oh well, we're hosed.. i concur.. let's surrender"), but the experience really opened my eyes to the possibilities of this sort of thing.
I hope a virtual Pompeii would be better than it is in person. Having just visited it, I can say don't waste your time. Everything of interest has been removed and relocated to Naples. This is just about all the Italians can do in terms of national treasure protection. Every great monument in the country has been vandalized terribly. You can find spray paint all over the place. If your in the area I hear Hurculeum[sp?] is much better. I personally haven't checked it out. Also, there are boats that are always leaving Naples to go to the Aeolian Islands. Most Americans never go there, and Lipardi, Vulcan, and Stromboli are really beautiful. I am sure the Europeans love it when I point out another place on there continent we don't visit in droves. Make sure you bring your own lady. Slashdoters will have a tough time finding companionship.
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...not Pompeii
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Don't worry. Not even the US government can keep them apart: just look at the crap people who visit the US have to endure.
I know that Augmented Reality has many places where it can shine - on the battlefield, on the operating table, etc... but doesn't it seem like much of these functionalities simply distract from *REAL* reality? Does it say something about the attention span of this generation that we want to be bombarded with facts everywhere we go, like "Pop Up Video"?
I mean really, isn't the point of being outside to *GET AWAY* from computers and technology, and experience the real world? I mean, I love cyber space, and not that this isn't a cool technology, but really...
Does "augmented reality" mean "breast implants"?
So when I die in the AR, does my physical body die as well? That would make Pompeii kinda scary, don't you think?
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Heck, it happened in The Matrix, why not reality?
Codito, ergo sum.
Waiting to see how real and interactive it would be... brings up many questions in my mind.
- Could you put signs on other tourists, like "Kickus mea", "Io sono avec stupidem" (arrow pointing left or right), maybe even "Barbaricus ignoratius" and have the villagers interact with them.
- Will the virtual town drunk vomit on you?
- Can we see Christians fed to the lions (or maybe splice some televangelists faces onto the virtual wretches being eaten)?
- Will it be a sort of Kirk Douglas/ Russel Crowe Roman times or more like Zero Mostel/ Mel Brooks Roman times?
- How about all those naughty murals in the Villa dei misteri?
- With there be a Sims like interface in some way?
Having all those people babbling in Latin, Gallic and other languages would be fine for some, but I'd want to know what they were saying. Heck, I know how the game ends anyway so maybe it's not that important.
I'm not too bothered about augmented reality, what I'd really like to see is a kind of "map wiki".
Imagine being able to walk around a city, with a map on your palmtop/phone controlled by GPS. Interesting sites are marked out, and anyone can add their own notes. Instead of virtual tour guides, there could be Wikipedia style entries which IMHO would be much more interesting and less annoying.
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