Telepathy One: Japan’s Response to Google Glass
The Telepathy One is set to be released before Google Glass at the end of this year. Telepathy One is a wearable device that allows users to consume, share, enhance, photographs and videos. In aiming to be released before Google Glass, the Telepathy One hopes to acquire the historical status as being the first augmented reality device to be released for the mass market.
Inventor Takahito Iguchi explains that the Telepathy One will differ from Google glass in its focus on sharing media. Most other aspects of Telepathy One are rather similar to the Google Glass, including the overall design, where a projector is placed above the normal line of sight. Significantly, Telepathy One will be using regular ear buds unlike Google Glass’s much anticipated bone conduction technology for sound. This is done to keep the price down, although the Telepathy One still comes at a hefty price tag of $1500 USD .
First hand experience by users have given excellent reviews for this device. However, some have pointed out that the design might require small modifications to prevent it from moving around the head.
Personally, I am excited with all these augmented reality devices. Dreams of being Haruyuki in Accel World or Kirito from Sword Art Online aside, something as simple as an app to capture everything I see into manga is an otaku dream come true.
[Telepathy]
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5. The Anti-Rape/Mugging Dress
Aya Tsukioka’s inventions may seem really ridiculous at first. However, if you were to consider the heightened emotions and adrenaline involved in an attempted crime together with inattention blindness, this strategy is a sound one. After all, most of us have missed out the dancing gorilla the first time we saw the video in a Psychology 101 class. Thus, the ability to suddenly blend into the background, a la ninja, would be the last thing on the criminal’s mind.
Hit the break for the rest of the the weird but useful Japanese inventions.
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Immersion into the video game world is a challenging task for console makers and developers. The line between the television’s edge and your imagination may start to bleed together, potentially, from the latest patent from Microsoft. This device would essentially be a 360 degree projector that displays images on four walls while a game is being played.
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During a press conference today, Steve Ballmer was live onstage to announce Microsoft’s new “Surface,” a new device that combines Windows 8 into the functionality of a tablet. Described as “a full PC,” the new device comes with a multi-touch keyboard, cover, stand, and stylus pen to fit anybody’s day-to-day needs.
More info after the break.
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Earlier this year, we wrote about the special augmented reality glasses that Google was rumored to be working on. Today, Google officially revealed the supposedly secret project to the world.
Through voice command, the wearer of Project Glass is able to (among other things) bring up maps for directions and locate places and people; take photos; record notes and videos; exchange text messages; video chat; and constantly view up-to-the-minute info and reminders like time and weather. Basically a ton of smartphone features and functionality for your eyes.
For those still iffy on the concept, Google conveniently also provided a handy video for you to gaze at. Trust me, you’re going to want to see it in action after the break.
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Looks like the Unreal 3 Engine just got real (cue audience groan).
While the engine has been known to be utilized by various game developers, it appears that the FBI has its hands on it for training purposes.
More info after the break.
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It is being reported that Google is working on special display glasses which will augment reality and stream information to the user’s eyes in real time.
Google plans to sell these glasses to the public at the end of the year.
More on these nifty futuristic specs after the break.
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According to several Google employees interviewed by Bits, these glasses will include a small screen that will sit a few inches from a user’s eyes, will be Android-based and will be priced the same as smartphones — around $250 to $600. While the glasses have yet to be named, they will be modeled after Oakley Thumps (pictured above).
Other features include:
- 3G or 4G data connection
- navigation system controlled by head tilting, clicking and scrolling
- low-resolution built-in cameras that monitors world in real time, such as overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and nearby friends
- the utilization of various Google software like Google Latitude and Google Maps
Information will be displayed and viewed in an augmented reality. Users will have the ability to search about the images and nearby locations being looked at, as well as share locations and check in with friends. Also, the navigation will be easy to use and easy to learn according to Seth Weintraub, blogger of 9 to 5 Google. “We are told it is very quick to learn and once the user is adept at navigation, it becomes second nature and almost indistinguishable to outside users.”
The glasses are currently being worked on in Google X, Google’s special laboratory where other high-tech and secret projects are being developed. Key Google personnel involved with the project are Sergey Brin, Google co-founder, and Steve Lee, veteran engineer and creator of Google Latitude.
Google is also planning on building a $120 million electronics testing facility for these specs which, according to The San Jose Mercury News, will be involved in testing “precise optical technology.”
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Notorious S-I-RI a.k.a Siri Smalls
It’s always cool to see what kind of user content people can make for electronic devices these days. In this Siri hack, YouTube user robertboehnke has Siri covering the Notorious B.I.G hit, Hypnotize.
Details on the hack below:
SiriProxy is used to intercept the communication with Apple’s servers. Based on your song request, Notorious Siri then sends your choice of Notorious B.I.G.’s Hypnotize and an a-cappella rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody to the device (the latter requiring 4 iPhones 4S).
Siri’s speech synthesis is synced to the beat using the timestamps obtained from the Echonest API which were then manually tweaked, to smooth out delays in the text-to-speech engine.
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From 5:00 pm PT to 6:00 pm PT, this particular session will be hosted by Pop GO manga reviewer Dan, aka mangarecommendations!
We encourage you to stop by at any point and interact with our host, other possible Pop GO staff members, and other readers. Come and have fun geeky/otaku-y discussions, ask/answer questions, and/or just shoot the breeze with nonsense.
Some topics of conversation that may arise during this session:
- Manga (w/ a touch of Anime)
- Quidditch
- RPG, Strategy and Tactical Video Games
- Technology (w/ a focus on Gadgets)
- Models (w/ a focus on Mecha)
If any of the above are relevant to your interests, then this is the chat for you!
Even if they aren’t, join anyways for a chance — 10 chances, to be exact — toqualify to be interviewed and featured in a special reader edition of our Hi 5 segment all throughout the hour.
Also, every single person who attends and participates (must answer/ask questions) will automatically be entered in a prize drawing which will occur at the end of the week!
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Google is taking its hand at everything, even computers. The programers at Google have created their own operating system which they adapted from their web browser, and thus the Chrome OS was born. As a beta tester of the first chrome netbook, the CR48, I will tell you the good, the bad, and the improvements of the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 and the Chrome OS.
All you have to do is click the break.
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![The Ray Bradbury Sci-Fi Predictions That Have Come True
Just how ahead of his time was science-fiction great Ray Bradbury? According to the above infographic that features Bradbury’s Sci-Fi predictions that have become reality, you could say he was definitely ahead of the curve at least by light years.
Almost makes you wonder what the next 20 or so years will hold.
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