Pokemon Coming to Life in the Real World – Weekly Mashup 139

Pokemon Go Will Soon Bring Monsters Into Your (Real) World
WIRED

Soon, the whole world will be your Pokémon playground, and to catch ’em all, you’ll have to get out of the house. Pokémon Go, a mobile game jointly produced by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, and Niantic, will be launching later this summer for iOS and Android. Read More

Watch Augmented Reality Put Furniture Into Empty Space
Popular Science

The future is here for architects and designers around the world. ICEreality, a virtual/augmented reality program from the interior construction company DIRTT, has created an incredible AR platform that allows you to walk around inside a virtual space, while also still seeing reality around you. The software can help architects better envision how construction and design elements will change a space. Read More

It’s a Good Thing the F-35’s $400K Helmet Is Stupid Cool
WIRED

To go with what is possibly the most expensive and complicated weapon ever designed, a joint venture between defense contractor Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems of America (RCEVS) designed a pilot helmet so advanced, it’s hard to say whether it’s an accessory for the plane, or the plane is an accessory for the helmet. Read More

Apple Envisions Transparent Augmented-Reality Device
CNET

Your future iPhone could be outfitted with a transparent display that could overlay images onto objects in the real world à la augmented reality. Read More