How Big Is the TV?

Our newest project "How Big Is the TV?" allows you to try out TVs of different sizes in your own home. We've selected a number of flat screen TVs for users to test and we plan to expand the selection over time. Be sure to print out the marker and try it out. Once you decide on which TV suits you best, clicking on the "Buy Now" button takes you to a popular page which compares the prices of that particular model from various retailers. And don't forget the "take a picture" button which lets you share the picture of the TV you're interested in with others on facebook, or you can save the picture to your computer.

Here's our demo video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGPpgDDrjM

This project is a more practical follow up to our two other projects "How Big Is The Baby?" and "How Big Is A Planet?", we hope you take a look at these other projects and spread the word.

We have been playing with the ideas of scale in augmented reality for some time now, keep an eye out for more projects like this to come.

And as always, if you think we could be of service to you and your company, please contact us at "ar [at] talkingdogstudios [dot] com". And please go to howbigisthetv.com if you're thinking of shopping for a new TV!

Augmentedly yours,

The Talking Dog Team

Augmented Reality Watch

A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArXyFFr8n18

Hey, all you watch companies out there, here's a proof-of-concept video we made demonstrating a great new way to let your customers try on different watches in the comfort of their own homes. We've added a couple of enhancements to this that make it more than just your average AR: one, check out how the tag disappears, so it's easier for the customer to see how the watch will look with their clothing or on their bare wrist. And two, check out how the digital watch actually tells time! If you go to www.talkingdogstudios.com/ar/watch you can try it out for yourself: just use the left/right arrow keys on screen or on your keyboard to try out the different watches.

We'd love to see this used in a real retail application, where anybody with a webcam would be able to quickly try on a variety of watches, and where clicking on the "add to my shopping cart" button would take you to the website's store. Best of all, unlike many of the retail AR applications out there right now, there's no special software required to be downloaded because this all works in flash.

In the meantime, we hope everybody gets a kick out of playing with our augmented reality watch demonstration. Enjoy!

Rob Bryanton
Talking Dog AR
ar@talkingdogstudios.com