The iCube Room

According to IDEO Labs, the iCube room is comprised of three white walls and a floor, all about 10′ x 10′ in size. Onto each surface is projected a high-resolution, stereoscopic image. A viewer stands in the room wearing polarized 3D glasses — like you might use in a 3D movie — with small markers that stick out a bit from the frames.

The markers are illuminated by IR LED floodlights located on the perimeter of the room, and IR-sensitive cameras use those positions to determine the precise location of each eye within the room. From those positions, stereo images for each projector are calculated and rendered on the fly.

Take a look at this video clip (although you really need to be there and use these 3D glasses to really experience it):

Amazing 3D immersion technology from IDEO Labs on Vimeo.

Try Augmented Reality Now

According to Wikipedia, Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data (virtual reality), where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time.

General Electronics created a website which allows you to play with this amazing technology. Go ahead and try it.

Here is a quick demonstration:

Total Immersion is one the leading companies in this field. Check out their amazing video gallery in addition to other videos around the web demonstrating Augmented Reality technology.

Create Your First Android Application

On the following video, Dan Morrill shows how to build a simple application on Google's Android platform.

CAUTION! You may find it interesting only if you are a developer:-)

Back in Time: 80's Music Videos

If you are as old as I am and were born in the 70's, memories of music videos from the 80's are stored in a decent area of your brain. If you want to bring back these memories (for good or bad) you will like 80smusicvids. The website contains a huge list of videos sorted alphabetically by artist and song name.

Steve Jobs Demos Apple Macintosh (1984)

With all these "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" ads these days, it's nice to get back to 1984 and watch Steve Jobs revealing Apple Macintosh live for the first time, in front of 3000 people:

Look what Bill had to say about Apple Macintosh back then: