Tag: virtual
Food Ads & Billboards That Produce Virtual Odor That Smells Like Food
How would you like to walk passed a fried chicken advertisement that had a soft outgoing airflow with the scent of the fresh chicken so you smelled it when you walked by? Imagine this on a coffee ad. Would it make you instantly want a cup of coffee? Advertisers are hoping that if you smell the food ...
DIY Virtual High Tech Etch-A-Sketch (Complete With Shake-To-Erase)
All I have to do is hear the words 'Etch-A-Sketch' and I'm instantly transported back to my childhood when I doodled on an Etch-A-Sketch in the backseat of my parent's car almost everyday. Doodling on an Etch-A-Sketch was such an imaginative time for me, and I'll never forget it. If you grew up with ...
Transparent Computer Enables True Touch Of Virtual Objects
Computers have pretty much stayed the same since the visual user interface was introduced. It was a huge success when it was first released, and we're still using upgraded versions of it today. But is there really no other concept of interacting with our computers than what we are using today? I mea ...
Virtual Environment Treadmill Is Our Next Gen Gaming Accessory
Now that virtual reality is once again on an incline, we are starting to see a whole lot of accessories that will help gamers and virtual realists emerge themselves into the virtual world in a more realistic way. There have no doubt been plenty of innovations that have tried to become an all-family ...
Groundbreaking Virtual Robotics Allow Us Our Very Own Robot Avatar
In 2009, Avatar became the highest grossing movie ever. The epic science fiction adventure became an instant success, and Avatar merchandise could be seen in pretty much every corner of the world. It was huge! Some say it was the romantic touch that made it such a huge success, while others say it w ...
Spatial Position Communication Makes Video Conferencing Feel Real
Communication though the Internet has always been an appealing frontier. The enormous impact that Skype once had on how you could talk to someone anywhere in the world for free (except the cost of your internet connection) was a game-changer that is still being added to today. Communication over dev ...
Digital Watermarks Will Enable Augmented Reality On Our TVs
Digital content is becoming more and more interactive. Even our business cards now have QR codes which enable us to utilize augmented reality. It's something that has become a popular practice all around the world. Our digital reality is slowly becoming the real world we live in, if you know what I ...
The Innovative Mashup Of Film & Game Engine Platforms
Political humor has its place, but when it is disarmingly portrayed by a pink Flufemuffin, the message gets through big time. Game engine film making, also known as Machinima or cinema done on machine, can be taken to greater and more advanced levels with the use of augmentation of the original plat ...
Slice Keyboard: Next Gen Virtual Touch Screen Keyboard Is Here
We are finally making some progress in how we interact with our mobile devices. The virtual keyboard has been the primary solution for us all, but it is based on an almost ancient system that we still use for all our typing and gaming on our computers. Have you wondered when something new is going t ...
iPhone Glasses Enable A Virtual Personal Movie Screen
iPhone accessories, or rather, Apple accessories keep flooding the market, but in a good way. Some are purely for cosmetic purposes, while others have a more profound usefulness. The idea is of course that we should all be able to customize our smartphones however we want. The sad thing is that pret ...
Pocket-Sized Virtual Keyboard Now Fits On Your Keychain
For a long time, people in the world have tried to do the impossible when it comes to small gadgets, and they've been somewhat successful at it. We've taken huge gadgets and transformed them into tiny things that fit in our pockets quite nicely. You might start to wonder what size is too small for i ...
Your T-Shirt Is Alive: Augmented Reality Embedded Into Clothes
Augmented reality is coming to a to a t-shirt near you...and very soon! Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based Ad-Dispatch has developed an app that works similar to QR Codes, but picks up on embedded images in the design of your t-shirt. Scanning the special shirts with your mobile phone, for example, will b ...
Illustration: IRL Angry Birds Right In Your Own Backyard
A few years ago, there was a clear distinction between our virtual lives and our IRL lives. People often spoke of them as two separate entities; however, that has changed. For the most part, since we are all so immersed in our social media and technology, our online and our offline lives have merged ...
The World’s First Virtual Supermarket: Life Just Got Easier
I've been waiting for this to happen, and it finally has. If you think about it, doesn't it seem inefficient for supermarkets to store their groceries in several different stores around town? Doesn't it seem like they could save a lot of money, and more importantly, save a ton of energy and be more ...
Pepsi Takes Virtual Gifting To Another Level
Social media brings us closer to the brands that we use. If you are on Facebook, aside from "liking" pages that you want to be updated with regarding their promotions and fun activities, you can also find some brands that allow users to give virtual gifts to friends and family. If your friends like ...