Bing Maps Augmented Reality

Looks like Bing may be getting ahead of Google maps a bit. They are introducing a street-view type interface with 3D understanding of the surroundings, which enables very smooth transitions. It also incorporates crowd-sourced imagery from flikr.

To me, one of the coolest features is that it works indoors and can incorporate live video for a tele-presense or augmented-reality features. The astronomy feature is another super cool innovation.



Hat tip: InOttawa

Lego Augmented Reality

hat tip to Lisa who told me about the concept

The Olympics are right around the corner

Google has put together some seriously cool technology for the games in Vancouver.





Check out the Google blog post

I personally can't wait for the Men's and Women's hockey!

Mockup Testing

VW's latest brand strategy

Have you seen VW's latest brand strategy?

Meet Sluggy Patterson on:

Twitter
The VW site
Facebook

(photo credit: Speed Hunters)

He claims that he's the person who started the VW punch buggy game. Great use of social media!

Hat tip: My team-mate in b-school Lisa

RIP Sun.com: Mar 19, 1986 - Feb 1, 2010

The Sun deal has been finalized by Oracle

Sun.com now redirects to Oracle.

Even java.sun.com now carries the "Oracle Sun Developer Network" banner.

I'm not an Apple fanboy, but I love my iPod, and the iPad looks pretty sweet

I'm just not sure about the typing. It looks like it might not be as brilliantly ergonomic as my iPod touch jest because of the size.

iPad article on wikipedia

Update

Just had to repost this comment from Slashdot:

I'm buying one. I'll snatch one of these puppies up for the sole purpose of donning my Yoko Ono, blind-people shades, holding this thing to my ear, and asking the kids at the Genius Bar why my iPhone for the visually impaired gets such shitty reception.