Tag: augmented reality

Photobombs made from the black and white square barcodes could cause problems for device wearers.

Google Glass owners may want to be careful where they aim their new headsets, as researchers have now discovered that scanning the wrong QR codes could result in the corruption of the device.

The research firm said that they were capable of developing their own attack of this nature.

Lookout Mobile security firm researchers claim to have been able to come up with an attack as of last spring that could compromise Google Glass through the use of QR codes. This functioned extremely simply when the user scanned a malicious barcode.

The vast majority of QR codes are used simply to provide device users with a fast way to link to a website.

However, in this case, the seemingly innocent QR codes caused the device to be hacked. According to the researchers who developed the malicious attack to take advantage of the bug, they have already come up with a fix for the issue. This is important because according to what was reported to Google, the attack could crash the device or force it to connect to a rogue Wi-Fi hotspot that could eliminate the encryption of the communications of the device. It could also send it directly to a malicious website that would allow full control of the device to be handed over to the attacker.

According to Marc Rogers, one of the researchers at Lookout, “Google has set up the device so that Glass scans every photo you take for something interesting.” He added that “While that’s exciting, the fact that Glass can parse photographs opened up a vulnerability. By understanding and reverse engineering the QR codes, we were able to create malicious ones that would silently reconfigure the device.

Rogers went on to describe a situation in which a person could wear a t-shirt that features QR codes that have been maliciously crafted. The result to a passing user of Google Glass is that he or she could be “photobombed”, and the owner of the barcode could attack the device. Similar situations include printed stickers of the barcodes that are placed overtop of innocent ones on billboards and other ads.

A new deal with Aurasma has schools using A.R. technology to help to provide a high tech educational experience.

A new educational augmented reality deal with Aurasma is about to build on the already hefty client list that is approximately 20,000 long for that company, which also has 6 million monthly active users.

Since the beginning of the year, the company has seen its customer base increase by 17 percent.

Aurasma is already providing augmented reality technology in over 100 different countries and its usage includes campaigns with companies such as GQ, Dreamworks, and Vanity Fair. Now, the firm has just secured a new deal for providing educational technology with Walsworth Yearbooks. This will allow the tech to be integrated into school lessons across the United States.

This will allow student in schools across the United States to create their own augmented reality content.

Walsworth is among the largest 50 publishers in the United States and it will be providing students with support to teach them how to use Aurasma Studio CMS to create augmented reality content.

This deal follows closely on the heels of the launch of its augmented reality app called Yearbook 3D. That allows students with mobile devices to be able to scan their yearbook covers and event supplement in order to be able to access animations and video content. The head of global marketing at Aurasma, Lauren Offers, said that “Aurasma’s Partners in Education program was designed for partners like Walsworth to take advantage of Aurasma’s powerful platform and help educate the younger generation on emerging technologies like augmented reality.”

Offers also added that they have been impressed with the commitment and dedication demonstrated by Walsworth in temrs of providing young adults with greater empowerment for embracing state of the art technologies such as augmented reality, which helps to bring the Aurasma platform to “the next level”.

The vice president of marketing and communications at Walsworth, Alex Blackwell, also added that beyond being a primary technology assistance provider for what could potentially be thousands of different schools, the company will be exposing augmented reality technology to “tens of thousands of students.”