Today I took a look at the GE Ecomagination site that allows you to see a digital hologram of Smart Grid technology come to life in your hands. You start by printing a solar panel marker and then launching the application in conjunction with a web cam. You then hold the paper up to the webpage and watch the hologram unfold before your eyes.... you can also blow on the wind mills and they will speed up - its truly amazing!
It got me thinking about all of the potential uses for technology like this - imagine being able to visualize in 3D form images like homes, cars - pretty much any consumer product. It would be especially useful for anything that needed customization or configuration. The concept of using augmented reality in advertising has been used previously in this ad for the Cabrio Mini.
Hello Karen,
Listen to what Google's Larry Page has to say....http://bit.ly/hwX0M
Posted by: panama | May 14, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Technology is getting up in electronics and people have been investing new component or product which can make it beneficial for people.
Posted by: KVM Switches | August 06, 2009 at 11:24 PM
"Augmented Realty"
We actually incorporated this into a demo, a few weeks back at a tradeshow.
When someone took one of our capabilities docs and held it to the webcam it played a video.
Thanks for sharing, some amazing possibilities with this technology.
Posted by: Justin S. | August 20, 2009 at 03:10 AM
Thanks for the feedback! I'd love to see anymore examples of leveraging this technology that anyone has - I think its fascinating!
Posted by: Karen OBrien | August 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM