Weekly Linkfest

Weekly Linkfest

This week wasn't defined by cool videos and nice looking demos, but on the bright side, there were a couple of interesting articles and interviews that will surely tickle your mind:

• Programmer Joe (part one) - "Augmented reality should be open" argues that AR should use open protocols and standards in order to flourish as the web did. Robert Rice has a rebuttal on Curious Raven that although openness is positive, AR should not be compared with the web. I'll have a longer post about it in the next couple of days (once I'll iron out the last creases).
• In somewhat of the same vein, Blair MacIntyre interviews to blogtalkradio, and talks about how AR should be and what challenges (aside from the obvious technical ones) we are facing (I'll be definitely listen to this interview at least once more).
• Programmer Joe (part two) - "If Augmented Reality is the solution, what is the problem?" is abut future use cases for AR.
• Venture Beat - "Startups looking to make money by enhancing reality", includes some information about Ori's new Ogmento.
• Philips is using AR to promote their medical technology.
• Intel's interesting computer vision accelerator card has mobile augmented reality in mind.
• And some shameless self promotion, my 4th of July special on the state of American AR.
  

This week's video is a silly augmented reality tribute to Michael Jackson (please don't get offended if you are MJ fans, I don't say he was silly, I just don't think highly of this tribute). You can try it yourself over here.