{"id":332898,"date":"2010-02-17T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2010-02-17T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T19:00:38","slug":"augmented-reality-tattoos-are-visible-only-to-a-special-camera-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/332898","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality Tattoos Are Visible Only to a Special Camera | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6771\" title=\"021510_rg_ThinkAnApp_02\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/files\/2010\/02\/021510_rg_ThinkAnApp_02.jpg\" alt=\"021510_rg_ThinkAnApp_02\" width=\"220\" height=\"171\" align=\"left\"\/>If you&#8217;ve been dying to get a kick-ass dragon tattoo but feel like it might not go over well with prospective employers or your mom, then here&#8217;s a sneaky, roundabout way to satisfy your yearning. You can get the tattoo using augmented reality&#8211;and for an extra dose of kick-ass, the dragon will flap its leathery wings.<\/p>\n<p>The concept was developed by a Buenos Aires-based software company called <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkanapp.com\/\">ThinkAnApp<\/a>. In the video below, you&#8217;ll see a guy&#8217;s arm tattooed with what looks like a plain rectangular box. But that box is essentially a barcode. The company has devised a camera with special software that reads this barcode, and then superimposes an animated image.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/augmented-reali-1.php\">Dvice<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When viewed through a specially equipped camera, the seemingly plain box design suddenly displays a three-dimension dragon. The possibilities for art projects, information distribution, and social engineering via body art inherent in this idea are fascinating.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embeddedvideo\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6XSB70J6a98&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Related Content:<br \/>\nThe Loom: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/science-tattoo-emporium\/\">Science Tattoo Emporium<\/a><br \/>\nScience, Not Fiction: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/sciencenotfiction\/2008\/11\/11\/seeing-the-future-literally\/\">Seeing The Future, Literally<\/a><br \/>\nDiscoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2008\/01\/22\/one-small-step-closer-to-superhuman-cyborg-vision\/\">One Small Step Closer to Superhuman Cyborg Vision<\/a><br \/>\nDiscoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2009\/06\/11\/will-the-laptops-of-the-future-be-a-pair-of-eye-glasses\/\">Will the Laptops of the Future Be a Pair of Eye Glasses?<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Image: ThinkAnApp<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/whTGEJ126R6zaU1op6Z9s2Z7_Bs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/whTGEJ126R6zaU1op6Z9s2Z7_Bs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/whTGEJ126R6zaU1op6Z9s2Z7_Bs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/whTGEJ126R6zaU1op6Z9s2Z7_Bs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DiscoverMag\/~4\/ekV_2mhpfBQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been dying to get a kick-ass dragon tattoo but feel like it might not go over well with prospective employers or your mom, then here&#8217;s a sneaky, roundabout way to satisfy your yearning. 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