SmartEyeglass ~ Sony's New AR 'Shades...

Sputnik spotlights Sony's new SmartEyeglass AR 'shades... Meh, still clunkitudinous.

Transparent Bonnet ~ Jaguar's Forward Vision...

Very cool auto augmentation project by Jaguar to create a Transparent Bonnet...

Menu Table ~ Pizza Hut's Interactive Pie Picker;-)

Pick your pie with Pizza Hut's menu table...

FingerLink ~ Fujitsu's Gestural I/O GUI System...

Alex Santoso at Neatorama spots Fujitsu FingerLink... Reminds me of MIT Media Lab work, especially John Underkoffler's 1999 I/O Bulb and Natan Linder's 2011 LuminAR.

Smarter Sandbox ~ AR-Enhanced Playspace

John Farrier at Neatorama spots Augmented Reality Sandbox...

Glass Experiences ~ Google's Jordan on API...

Jordan does partial reveal of Google Glass API...

IllumiRoom ~ Microsoft's Immersive Gamespace

Interesting to see Microsoft's IllumiRoom futuregaming projectorama in piece by GameDynamo's JC Marx... And here's full demo...

Stop The Cyborgs ~ Neo-Luddite Manifesto...

Neo-Luddite manifesto seeks to Stop The Cyborgs writes BBC in Privacy 'impossible' with Google Glass warn campaigners...

"The warning comes from a group called "Stop the Cyborgs" that wants limits put on when headsets can be used. It has produced posters so premises can warn wearers that the glasses are banned or recording is not permitted. [...] The limits that the Stop The Cyborg campaign wants placed on Google Glass and similar devices would involve a clear way to let people know when they are being recorded. "It's important for society and democracy that people can chat and live without fear that they might end up being published or prosecuted," [...] "We are not anti-technology, we just want people to realise that technology is a powerful cultural force which shapes our society and which we can also shape."

Oculus Rift ~ Gameworthy Zippy VR HUDs...

Oculus Rift are gameworthy zippy VR HUDs...

Mycestro ~ Wearable Index-Finger Mouse/Pad...

Mycestro is finger-mouse PC/AR controller. They're Kickstarting!...

"Mycestro is a 3D mouse that fits on the index finger and allows you to control your computer with hand gestures and mouse functions."

Smarter Objects ~ Heun et al's AR Cleverness...

MIT Media Lab's Valentin Heun, et al, crafting Smarter Objects...

Augmented 3D Prints ~ Inition's Lovely AR App...

WebUrbanist spots Inition's app for Augmented 3D Prints which...

"...takes a physical (real-world) model, places it on a pattern-mapped background, and [...] all kinds of additional layers of information begin to map themselves onto the object, shifting as you change perspective. Real-life simulations can thus be applied to the model, including wind and other weather patterns, day versus night views, pedestrians, trees, egress routes and traffic patterns. It helps visualize the kinds of things that are hard to picture purely on the screen, but generally impossible to show in actual space (let alone in context with map underlays and structural reveals)."

Sight ~ Future World with Augmentation Contacts

Thanks to Miss Cellania for spotting Sight;-)

"In the world of a not-too-distant future, everyone wears augmented reality devices as contact lenses. Everyone is constantly wired, online, connected, dependent on technology. The short film Sight is the graduation project of Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem."

Prism Skylabs ~ Getting Physical Spaces Online...

Check out Pri.sm imaging venture promo! They combine...

"...streams of washed-out and noisy video into gorgeous, photo-like images using a variety of processing techniques designed to enhance resolution, dynamic range and overall image quality. Additionally, the company uses unique video synthesis and cloud storage technologies to significantly reduce the data footprint while also increasing informational content."

Epic Manhattan ~ Architectural Record Covershot!

Stunningly beautiful fold-out cover photo by Iwan Baan of Epic Manhattan on the Architectural Record issue ten years after 9/11... (FYI, this is just the best of several 9/11 covers noted by SPD)

Hedonistic Sustainability ~ BIG @ AR Innovation

Bjarke Ingels keynote at Architectural Record Innovation Conference...

"He explained his idea of "hedonistic sustainability," which holds that design does not need to make a "Protestant" sacrifice in order to be ecologically or socially attuned."

He also challenges architects to not merely focus on buildings, but on entire ecosystems.