Augmented Reality: Flashlight Project Map Concept

*It's cute. I like the public, sociable forms of projected AR that get away from the squinty little handhelds.

http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/02/21/flashlight-projector-map-concept/

*Now let's see if anybody can build one in real life.

"Honey, why don't we just walk over here and ask somebody for directions?"

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*Big day for augmented GPS apps today. Here's a head-mounted one.

"Augmented Reality ski-goggles: display GPS speed in your screen"

http://www.zealoptics.com/transcend/

*I'd link to this, but that site starts blaring snowboard-punk video at you as soon as you click on it.

*via the ever-expanding Augmented Reality @twitter mafia, large numbers of whom seem to be "hot Dutch augmentation chicks"