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Re:Build your own Google Glass by zemanel on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:09PM (#4993771)
I see. In theory, like any idea, sounds cool. I've actually taken real world pictures around my building to mockup a possible UI sometime.

The issue is that, as far as i know, geo-location (GPS at least) has a +-10 meter precision, so placing content at a specific spot is, fuzzy.

ps.: by placing content at a specific spot, i mean grabbing the latitude/longitude/height and possibly direction from the device and allowing anyone around it to see it by pointing a device (smartphone/tablet/glasses) there.

edit: of course, the precision is really an issue depending on what your'e "tagging". If you're adding stuff to a town square, +- 10 meters don't make any difference :-)

Re:Build your own Google Glass by acous on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:54PM (#4993936)
There's an ios app called "Minecraft Reality" which uses camera tracking to put models into physical spaces. It's not seamless by any stretch (you manually download each model from a list of nearby placements before viewing) and it loses sync if the scene is changed too much, but it does a pretty good job of accurately placing the objects. I imagine that maybe taking advantage of 3d sensors like leapmotion could make it a lot more robust.
Re:Build your own Google Glass by vitovito on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:15PM (#4993807)
For what it's worth, there are many, many smartphone apps that enable this, both using augmented reality and not, and many other research-level prototypes in the literature.

If you've never heard of any of them, perhaps that's because in practice it's not as great an idea as it sounds.

Re:Build your own Google Glass by zemanel on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @03:39PM (#4993883)
Good to know, thanks! (one less vaporware i have to worry about)