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sibelian

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:35 AM Apr 2013

Guardian launches 'augmented reality' specs to offer immersive liberal insight


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/01/guardian-goggles-augmented-reality-specs

You can already access the Guardian in ways that were unimaginable two decades ago: on your desktop or laptop computer, a tablet, e-reader or smartphone.

But today, ending months of speculation and rumour, this newspaper announces a groundbreaking development in the modern history of the media: a pair of web-connected "augmented reality" spectacles that will beam its journalism directly into the wearer's visual field, enabling users to see the world through the Guardian's eyes at all times.

The motion-sensitive spectacles, known as Guardian Goggles, incorporate translucent screens in the lenses, overlaying the wearer's view of their surroundings with a real-time stream of specially curated opinions from the paper's reporters, critics and commentators. For example, simply by looking at the outside of a restaurant or cinema and pointing, the user can call up relevant Guardian reviews of the food or current films.

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Guardian launches 'augmented reality' specs to offer immersive liberal insight (Original Post) sibelian Apr 2013 OP
Note the date.... LeftishBrit Apr 2013 #1
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