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Augmented Reality Tourism

Posted by michael on from the we-have-the-technology dept.

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."

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  1. Technology behind Augmented Reality by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

    Holodeck, closer than we think?

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  2. The Implications of AR Tourism by Spellunk · · Score: 3, Informative
    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.

    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.
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