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iKat: Your New Augmented Reality Pet
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11 Mar 2010
There’s something about the idea of an augmented reality pet — and a markerless one, too — that will make the heart of every true geek skip a beat. The idea is not entirely new, but it’s still amazing to see a virtual creature hopping around on a real-life surface, seen through your mobile phone’s camera.
iKat was created by a company called Zenitum, using their D-Track engine. The virtual pet is markerless, which means you don’t need a marker or an image target to make it work; the app recognizes the space seen through the camera lens and adapts to it. See a demo of the app (which is in prototype stage at this point) below.
Zenitum’s Depth Tracker (D-Track) technology makes it possible to do this without a marker. It’s quite fascinating, as you can see in the video below: The app analyzes the surface behind the phone and creates a virtual grid in the 3D space in a matter of seconds. Then, you can unleash your virtual pet to scurry around it. Currently, the app doesn’t seem to do much, but we can’t wait to see this technology develop into a full-fledged app.
Tags: Augmented Reality, gadgets, iKat, Mobile 2.0
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6 Responses to iKat: Your New Augmented Reality Pet
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March 16th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
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March 20th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
No. No one ever expected a one-stage delivery. That had never been done and no one even thought it possible. Read historian Martha Cappy for more on the "Collins".
cerbphan
March 26th, 2010 at 10:06 am
the 3rd dimension is space (depth), and watching a 3d movie, things do move in real time… so 3d movies already have time and space
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