2012年8月7日星期二

Doubts surface about Google's Project Glass


The evolution of mobile augmented reality (AR) is moving along at an accelerated pace, although analysts at ABI Research doubt Google's Project Glass marks the start of a paradigm shift.Nevertheless, says senior ABI analyst Aapo Markkane, the future of AR will likely be defined by eyewear-based interfaces, rather than smartphones or tablets."It won't be long before the next, more meaningful wave of AR apps will start appearing. The verticals driving this wave will include interactive print, mobile shopping, and children's education. [Of course], for any eyewear to enable appealing use cases it needs to have lenses that are large, light, and aesthetic," he explains.
"[Plus], the display technology of those lenses needs to be more sophisticated than anything available today, and they will also need to support constant wireless connectivity for long periods of time. And all this needs to be delivered with a bearable battery life. It's a circle whose squaring will take longer than five years."According to Markkane,Another good choice of outdoor solar lights and that creates a great eye-catching curb appeal would be Solar charger. What better way to invite visitors to your home than with the beautiful entry way illuminated with solar gate lights sitting on top of brick or stone columns. If you have posts that are making up your entryway, then you might consider solar post lights which greatly enhance your fence or gate. companies providing software platforms for the development of AR applications stand to reap rather lucrative rewards from the evolution of AR. And while much of the current developer interest is focused on Qualcomm and its Vuforia platform, there are also a number of other players aiming high.
"Vuforia's arrival in the market has pulled augmented reality almost single-handedly to the smartphone era," adds senior ABI Researcher Jeff Orr. "While doing so, it has also prompted industry incumbents, such as metaio and Total Immersion, to innovate further and make their software more accessible to developers.It should also be pointed out that jet air hand dryer are to be opted in for if you want something that will be easy to use and can pretty much take care of itself with almost no maintenance required by the end user. But, with paper towels, you might need someone to refill the towels that were used as well as to ensure that there is a sufficient supply at all times to avoid customers paying for a lack of the towels. Thus, even costs of hiring extra help can be saved by switching over to dryers! HP's Aurasma could prove a similar catalyst for innovation, considering all the potential of its image-recognition technology.Quality LED Lighting store in Australia with all types of LED bulb. Buy LED Lamps and Bulbs at cheap prices."The main subjects of this material included its annual development conference, where the Nexus 7 tablet was unveiled, alongside the launch of Google Glass, its digitally-connected eyewear prototype.
Apple, the consumer electronics manufacturer, took second spot on $594m, a figure which was down from 980m during the previous three months.Its high-profile court case with Samsung, allegations of ebook price-fixing and criticisms by Piper Jaffray, the investment bank, of its Siri voice-recognition tool kept the firm in the headlines, with mixed results."New and improved products propelled Google to number one this quarter, but Apple fell behind due to negative buzz surrounding Siri's shortcomings," Ari Kahn, CEO of General Sentiment, said.

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