ENTRIES TAGGED "augmented reality"

Augmented reality and books, together at last?

Augmented reality and books, together at last?

Four vastly different projects marry augmented reality with publishing.

Here are four examples that illustrate how books and other publications are starting to use AR to power their pages.

Bookish Techy Week in Review

Contrarian views on ereading's merits, Google Editions still MIA, and new interactive apps from Lonely Planet and Gourmet.

This week we noticed: the Chronicle of Higher Ed worrying about ereading's effects on youth, while a Harris poll suggested ereaders read more; fall showed up but Google Editions did not; the ECPA doesn't do a lot to protect privacy in the cloud; certain libraries are lending things they probably shouldn't be; and TOC Frankfurt is just around the corner.