Augmented Reality Videos By Hacking IPad and Kinect

Posted by iunlock under iPad, iPhone Hacks on Thursday Aug 11, 2011

Yes, we may have heard about the iPad that was hacked to become an iPhone so that you can be able to call and use it for texting as well. Hence, this has been considered to be one of the coolest ever hacks for iPads. The team at Laan Labs which is also the developer of the iOS applications like the AR Soccer has thought if a way to record some 3D data which uses Xbox Kinect and still play it back on iPad 2 with some augmented reality. They have shared how they do it over their blog.

The Open Kinect project was utilized for data recording that comes from Kinect. There is the creation of a textured mesh from the calibrated depth and the rgb data for every frame. It also plays back in real time. Hence, a typical depth cutoff permits to isolate the person right in the video straight from the actual wall and other items in your perspective of reality.

They use the String SDK which projects back into the image marker of the real world in printed form. They also made experiments with actively taking out the image marker right from the scene through some camera data right from the sections that surround the image marker. It is much better if you can check out the video to truly believe its possibility.

They have developed the iOS apps such as the AR Soccer over at iTunes which allows you to play augmented reality soccer in the iPhone.

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iPhone 4 Unlock will be released in a Month

Posted by unlocker under iPhone Hacks on Thursday Jan 13, 2011

Since iPhone 4 hit the market, it has been popular to a lot of users and has been in demand. However, since it is new, the jailbreaking and unlocking community are still devising new ways to unlock the said handset. But wait, you might get your iPhones unlocked in less than a month as the unlock will be released sooner than later.

Good news for iPhone 4 users who want to unlock their handsets. Sherif Hashim, an iPhone hacking expert, had figured out a way to activate iPhone without the need for the official carrier SIM and hinted other users that software method to unlock iPhone 4 and it will be released in less than a month.

This is through Twitter as one of Hashim’s followers if he could get his iPhone 4 unlock before he goes to military service. Sherif Hashim replied in one of the tweets of one of his followers saying that he can get his unlock before January 16.

Sherif Hashim found a baseband exploit a few months back and it looks like it can be used to unlock all basebands including baseband 02.10.04 (that came bundled with iOS 4.1) and baseband 03.10.01 (that came bundled with iOS 4.2.1).

This is good news for iPhone 4 users as Ultrasn0w released by iPhone Dev team last month can only unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G by upgrading the baseband to 06.15.00.

We will keep you posted for more information about the release of iPhone 4 unlock for excited users out there.

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