There is nothing that I like more than the mech of science fiction and anime like Robotech or Avatar, but the Kuratas is very, very real. At least, that is what it looks like. You can watch a video of it after the jump and see it in action. The 13-feet tall, 4 ton mech recently made its debut at Wonder Fest 2012 in Tokyo, and it looks quite genuine. Controlling it is as … [Read more...] about Kuratas is a Mech Robot brought to life

I thought that I would continue the discussion on Augmented Reality that I started with the short film "Sight" that I brought up yesterday. This is the MiRAGE, and it is the Augmented Reality goggles that Google isn't making. The purpose of it is to create a headset to watch an interactive movie with. There is a video after this jump so you can see it in action, but … [Read more...] about The MiRAGE Augmented Reality System