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Microsoft's Augmented Reality, Video Photosynth

Posted by timothy on from the what-are-you-looking-at-punk dept.

Al writes "Microsoft demonstrated new augmented-reality software for cell-phones at the 2009 TechFest conference, which was held this week in Redmond. Instead of using GPS or WiFi triangulation, the prototype system relies entirely on scene-recognition to identify its position and add virtual objects to a video picture of the real world. TechFest is a showcase for lots of projects at Microsoft's various research labs. Other technologies on show included Photosynth for video, an image-tracking system for handwriting, a way of refining image searches using colors, and a 3-D version of Microsoft Surface."

4 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Blue Danube by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you see it with their cell phones, sometimes it suddently display a text with that background. Is like magic!

    Too bad that text starts saying "A problem has been detected and Window has been shut down"

  2. Re:Who says.. by shawnap · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..., and a 3-D version of Microsoft Surface.

    Microsoft Volume?

  3. MS stealing "innovation" from Apple again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Jobs demonstrated the Reality Distortion Field as far back as 1982, when he took over the Macintosh project.

  4. Re:Reality no longer good enough by hoooocheymomma · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure there will be benefits from such technology, but everything is a two-edged sword.

    except for single-edged swords