<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/af275627-f80a-4842-aca1-f675a957e9b1/A11828F6-9E9E-431B-AF75-63481A5C2FAF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx" href="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">ohmygov.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">By <A href="http://ohmygov.com/members/Ryan123.aspx">Ryan Patterson</A> Sep 17 2009</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ohmygov.com/img/E5AB2CAB-FAFF-4E33-B426-10E094CE8BC1" alt="Virtaual shipping help" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">Remember the VH1 show <I>Pop-Up Video</I><SPAN>?</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">The pop-ups augmented what you were seeing on the screen. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">Fast forward to this century. A concept called “augmented reality” takes the pop-up video idea to the next level</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">Augmented reality, AR for short, is a setting where what you are actually seeing and experiencing is enhanced by additional information or data, without you asking for it.<SPAN>  </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">A popular example is the yellow first-down line that stretches across the football field for television viewers.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">The football game is the reality, the yellow line is the virtual or augmented reality.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">What are the possibilities of this emerging technology for governments? </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">The Postal Service has tapped into AR to help make shipping easier. Customers can use a webcam and an AR app to choose the best size box for sending packages.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WpS3LeCiCtc&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">The Office of Naval Research is currently doing research (<A href="http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/34/341/cki/workshops/docs/fy05/kirshaugvid.pdf">pdf</A>) on augmented reality so that the military can more easily assess terrain</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2009/09/17/coming-to-a-real-world-near-you-augmented-reality.aspx">Work on <A href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/augmented_id_augmented_reality_facial_recognition.php">face recognition AR</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A11828F6-9E9E-431B-AF75-63481A5C2FAF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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