If they make a movie out of this lawsuit, they could call it The Social Network, Part Deux. Less than a year after the Oscar-winning film about the struggle for control of Facebook hit the screens, a high schooler living a few hours’ drive from the social media giant’s headquarters filed this lawsuit against a[...]
Augmented Reality Tattoos and Copyright Law
Sunday, May 8, 2011 By
Two completely unrelated stories broke in the past week that, when considered together, raise interesting questions for the augmented reality industry. (Just the sort of serendipity for which the blogosphere is designed!) The first was the news that the artist behind Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo had filed a copyright infringement suit against Warner Brothers for[...]
Projection Mapping, AR, and Architectural Copyrights
Thursday, April 28, 2011 By
I have to admit: it took me awhile to “get” projection mapping. If you haven’t heard about it, “projection mapping” was defined by Mashable as ” a relatively new technology that animates stationary objects with 3D video.” I had seen references to this “new technology” in a few different places recently, and it appears to[...]
Forget Facial Recognition–Body Recognition May Be the Real Privacy Concern
Sunday, April 24, 2011 By
“Take a picture; it’ll last longer.” Many times has that bit of sarcasm been directed at people who stare just a little too long. But suppose the guy is staring because he’s taking your picture? That creepy scenario may play itself out sooner than we think. While many commentators are (rightly) concerned about the ramifications[...]
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