Reality

Cameras

Six Phones + Panoramic Mount = Trippy Video

1:30PM November 4, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Joergen Geerds, Dan Finkler and Mark Sevenoff got six Sony Ericsson Xperia phones, combined them with a special panoramic mount and then recorded an 360-degree videopanorama of their ride in Moab, Utah. The result is beautiful, especially the Little Planet view. More »


Software

Aurasma Makes Everyday Augmented Reality Seem More Likely, Ad-Friendlier

2:00AM April 10, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Augmented Reality is done so much these days that it’s not even terribly cool anymore. However, Aurasma, a new iPhone app due out next month, is promising to add a new layer of video and interactivity onto everyday print. More »


Online

What Happens In Facebook Stays In Facebook

1:00AM October 17, 2010 | Dave Pell

It was the first time in his life Isaac didn’t want to go to Vegas. More »


Online

I’ve Seen Your Future And It’s Been Edited

12:20AM September 4, 2010 | Dave Pell

My friends were the first two people kicked off of an extremely popular reality show. And I couldn’t have been happier for them. More »


Science

Dinosaurs To Storm Japan Through Augmented Reality Exhibit

11:54PM July 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Japan just can’t help but to tempt fate. First they produced the Godzilla movies. Now they’re voluntarily bringing dinosaurs back from the dead. More »


Geek Out

Image of the Day: A Better Reality

11:00AM January 30, 2009 | Jason Chen

This image by pyxelated on deviantart has been floating around for a little bit, but I think it captures one possible future scenario perfectly.

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Apparently, We All Exist Only in a Computer Simulation in the Future. Bummer.

6:00AM August 15, 2007 | Adam Frucci

According to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, the chances are pretty good that we’re currently existing not in the “real world,” but instead are a vast computer simulation created by a future, further advanced version of ourselves. Yeah, crazy, I know. Basically, he argues that because computing power will advance to the point where a system could be built that could simulate every brain on earth, future “posthumans” could set up an “ancestor simulator” that would be indistinguishable from real life for the inhabitants. More »


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Human Tetris Part II – ‘Cos Once Just Wasn’t Enough

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9:15AM August 1, 2007 | Anna King

New human Tetris action!

There’s something about grown men dressed up like condoms attempting to contort their bodies into wacky positions – whilst maintaining a look of absolute concentration on their face – that makes me so very happy…

Honestly, where would our lives be without the Japanese? -Anna King

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Real Life Optimus Prime Challenges Megatron To Epic Battle

2:08PM July 7, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

You may remember these two gentlemen, as we recently covered them in the run-up to the Transformers movie debut. Optimus Prime changed his name to honor his childhood hero, while Jason Burrows took the less drastic step of altering his middle name to Megatron. Now it seems that Optimus has had enough tomfoolery and wants to settle things once and for all: More »


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‘Japanese Tetris’ Makes Deal or No Deal Look Totally Tame

6:15AM June 16, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

glumbert.com – Japanese Tetris

Man, I love Japan so much. What other country would have a game show that consists of contestants dressed in metallic spandex trying to squeeze through moving walls with holes obviously smaller than they are carved into them? Although I’ve gotta admit I lost some respect for those contestants when none of them just dove through the middle of the cut-out shapes. You could have fit, guys!

Oh, it’s OK. I can’t stay mad at you. –Adam Frucci

Japanese Tetris brings a new meaning to getting into a game… [Shiny Shiny] More »