都市空間内で位置情報をセンシングするコンピュータにより、特定の場所に情報を貼り付けて、それを共有することができるシステムです。
世に出たAugmented Reality技術の成果
こうしたAugmented Realityの技術は、研究開発が行われた当時は、極めて先端的で夢のようなものでしたが、近年の機器の小型化や機能向上により、ようやく身近なものとして、製品化されてきました。たとえば、以下のようなコンピュータゲームが発売されています。
また、CyberCode技術は、クウジット株式会社にライセンス展開しており、KART (Koozyt AR Technology)技術の一部として様々なアプリケーションが実現しております。
Augmented Realityに関連するソニー株式会社が保有する代表特許はこちらです。
- 米国
米国特許6,020,891号 米国特許6,389,182号 米国特許6,636,249号 - 日本
日本特許3,558,104号 日本特許3,786,166号 日本特許4,289,329号
EyePet™ ©2009 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by SCEE London Studio. "EyePet" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved.
Invizimals™ ©2009 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
http://www.koozyt.com/solutions/gng/Developed
by Novarama Technology S.L.. Invizimals is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved.
THE EYE OF JUDGMENT™ ©2007 Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
Augmentable reality is a technology for a system, which,, based on a computer that senses positions in urban space, tags related information to specific locations and shares them among users.
AR technologies in practical use
Any one of these AR technologies was just a pipe dream when research began, impossible to achieve or simply impractical. But more and more of these technologies came into practical use, thanks to the progressive miniaturization and functional improvement of equipment. Leading the way are such computer games as:
CyberCode technologies are licensed to Koozyt, their applications now being available as parts of KART (Koozyt AR Technology)
Sony Corp. has numerous patents on AR, as shown below.
■the U.S
U.S. patent 6,020,891 U.S. patent 6,389,182 U.S. patent 6,636,249
■Japan
Japanese patent 3,558,104 Japanese patent 3,786,166 Japanese patent 4,289,329
EyePet™ ©2009 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by SCEE London Studio. "EyePet" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved.
Invizimals™ ©2009 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
http://www.koozyt.com/solutions/gng/Developed
by Novarama Technology S.L.. Invizimals is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved.
THE EYE OF JUDGMENT™ ©2007 Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.