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	Diminished reality is a term used to describe the control over one's reality and the ability to block out real or digital information at will. The term was coined by wearable computing pioneer [[Steve Mann]] to describe a reality that can remove, at will, certain undesired aspects of regular reality.		Diminished reality is a term used to describe the control over one's reality and the ability to block out real or digital information at will. The term was coined by wearable computing pioneer [[Steve Mann]] to describe a reality that can remove, at will, certain undesired aspects of regular reality.

	Diminished reality technology removes objects from video in real time and sends them back to the viewer, allowing the viewer to perceive that the objects are no longer there. Mann's billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public. [[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>~~WearCam~~.~~org~~ Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm ~~Accessed Jan 2011.~~</ref> Mann's ~~Wearcam~~ uses signal processing to detect advertisements, block them out, and replace them with text. This way, Steve Mann's reality is his own. Instead of the data on street signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him. ~~This~~ highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality; the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.		Diminished reality technology removes objects from video in real time and sends them back to the viewer, allowing the viewer to perceive that the objects are no longer there. Mann's billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public. [[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>Mann, Steve. Diminished Reality. WhereCam.org. Publish date unknown. Accessed Jan 2011. http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm </ref>

			Mann's EyeTap device uses signal processing to detect advertisements, block them out, and replace them with text. This way, Steve Mann's reality is his own. Instead of the data on street signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him. highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality; the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.

	===The Urban Eye Slide===		===The Urban Eye Slide===
	Humans routinely create their own diminished reality by learning to look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world. In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. Mimi Smartypant calls this concept an ''Urban Eye Slide'', a "skill that most of us city mice have". Smartypants defines it as "the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		Humans routinely create their own diminished reality by learning to look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world. In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. Mimi Smartypant calls this concept an ''Urban Eye Slide'', a "skill that most of us city mice have". Smartypants defines it as "the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…"<ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Pg. 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	===Diminished Reality Software===		===Diminished Reality Software===
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ~~Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.~~</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011. http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Diminished reality technology removes objects from video in real time and sends them back to the viewer, allowing the viewer to perceive that the objects are no longer there. Mann's billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public. [[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref> Mann's Wearcam uses signal processing to detect advertisements, block them out, and replace them with text. This way, Steve Mann's reality is his own. Instead of the data on street signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him. This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality; the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.		Diminished reality technology removes objects from video in real time and sends them back to the viewer, allowing the viewer to perceive that the objects are no longer there. Mann's billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public. [[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref> Mann's Wearcam uses signal processing to detect advertisements, block them out, and replace them with text. This way, Steve Mann's reality is his own. Instead of the data on street signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him. This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality; the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.

			===The Urban Eye Slide===
	Humans routinely create their own diminished reality by learning to look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world. In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. Mimi Smartypant calls this concept an ''Urban Eye Slide'', a "skill that most of us city mice have". Smartypants defines it as "the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		Humans routinely create their own diminished reality by learning to look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world. In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. Mimi Smartypant calls this concept an ''Urban Eye Slide'', a "skill that most of us city mice have". Smartypants defines it as "the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

			===Diminished Reality Software===
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

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	===Definition===		===Definition===
	Diminished reality is a term used to describe the control over one's reality and the ability to block out real or digital information at will.		Diminished reality is a term used to describe the control over one's reality and the ability to block out real or digital information at will. The term was coined by wearable computing pioneer [[Steve Mann]] to describe a reality that can remove, at will, certain undesired aspects of regular reality.

	~~===History===~~		Diminished reality technology removes objects from video in real time and sends them back to the viewer, allowing the viewer to perceive that the objects are no longer there. Mann's billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public. [[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref> Mann's Wearcam uses signal processing to detect advertisements, block them out, and replace them with text. This way, Steve Mann's reality is his own. Instead of the data on street signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him. This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality; the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.
	Diminished ~~Reality is a term coined by [[Steve Mann]]~~ to ~~describe a reality~~ that ~~can remove, at will, certain undesired aspects of regular reality~~. ~~His~~ billboard-blocking heads-up display, for instance, helped to diminish the reality of external messages created for advertising to the public.

	~~Diminished~~ reality ~~technology removes objects from video~~ in ~~real time and sends them back~~ to the ~~viewer~~, ~~allowing~~ the ~~viewer~~ to ~~perceive~~ that ~~the objects are no longer there~~.		Humans routinely create their own diminished reality by learning to look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world. In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. Mimi Smartypant calls this concept an ''Urban Eye Slide'', a "skill that most of us city mice have". Smartypants defines it as "the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	~~===Present===~~
	~~Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.~~

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	~~===Wearcam===~~
	[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	As you can see, the Wearcam uses signal processing to take the advertisement in, turn it white, and then place text on top of it. This way, Steve Mann never has to look down at a device, only at signs in the real world. But instead of the data on those signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him.

	~~This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality - the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.~~

	~~===Diminished Reality Software===~~
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	~~===Related Reading===~~
	*[[Mediated Reality]]
	*[[Collaborative Reality]]
	*[[Steve Mann]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.		Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but ~~wihout~~ seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but without seeming to look at anything at all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	===Wearcam===		===Wearcam===
	[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, ~~roadmaps~~, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>		[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, road maps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	As you can see, the Wearcam uses signal processing to take the advertisement in, turn it white, and then place text on top of it. This way, Steve Mann never has to look down at a device, only at signs in the real world. But instead of the data on those signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him.		As you can see, the Wearcam uses signal processing to take the advertisement in, turn it white, and then place text on top of it. This way, Steve Mann never has to look down at a device, only at signs in the real world. But instead of the data on those signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him.
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	===Diminished Reality Software===		===Diminished Reality Software===
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms.<ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	===Related Reading===		===Related Reading===

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	Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.		Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004~~. Page~~ 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004, 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	===Wearcam===		===Wearcam===
	[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, roadmaps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like" <ref>http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm ~~WearCam~~.~~org Diminished Reality~~</ref>		[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, roadmaps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like". <ref>WearCam.org Diminished Reality http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	As you can see, the Wearcam uses signal processing to take the advertisement in, turn it white, and then place text on top of it. This way, Steve Mann never has to look down at a device, only at signs in the real world. But instead of the data on those signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him.		As you can see, the Wearcam uses signal processing to take the advertisement in, turn it white, and then place text on top of it. This way, Steve Mann never has to look down at a device, only at signs in the real world. But instead of the data on those signs being owned by someone else, he owns all of the signs around him.
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	===Diminished Reality Software===		===Diminished Reality Software===
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ~~‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net - October~~ 14, 2010.</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time Published Oct 14, 2010. Accessed Jan 2011.</ref>

	===Related Reading===		===Related Reading===

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	Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.		Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Page 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of ~~diminished reality~~. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Page 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of an urban eye slide. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	===Wearcam===		===Wearcam===

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	Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.		Over time, many humans create their own diminished reality by learning got look only at certain portions of websites or reality, intuitively blocking ads as they go throughout the world.

	~~Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of diminished reality. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.~~		In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Page 9.</ref> Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of diminished reality. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Page 9.</ref>

	===Wearcam===		===Wearcam===

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	Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of diminished reality. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.		Going on Facebook with an ad blocker is the digital equivalent of diminished reality. Or going online with an adblocker that turns everything into art.

	In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality.		In reality, you can be standing next to someone that you know but block them out in order to not interact with reality. This concept is called an Urban Eye Slide, which Mimi Smartypants calls a "skill that most of us city mice have". She says that "this is the ability to scope out one's surroundings quickly but wihout seeming to look at anything al all. This allows one to find the open seat on a crowded train, or to move to the other side of the sidewalk well in advance of people handing out flyers or crappy free newspapers…". <ref>Smartypants, Mimi. The World According to Mimi Smartypants. Harper Collins, 2004. Page 9.</ref>
	The ~~urban eye-slide (see source) -~~

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	[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, roadmaps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like" <ref>http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm WearCam.org Diminished Reality</ref>		[[Steve Mann\|Steve Mann's]] Wearcam "allows the wearer of the special eyeglasses to pay more attention to the road. Moreover, by eliminating the need for pencil and paper, roadmaps, or the like, safety is improved because eyes are kept on the road at all times, rather than trying to share attention between a notepad of paper, a map, or the like" <ref>http://wearcam.org/diminished_reality.htm WearCam.org Diminished Reality</ref>
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	This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality - the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.		This highlights a very important difference between augmented reality and computer mediated reality - the ability for something to be taken away from reality vs. the ability to only add to reality.
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	===Diminished Reality Software===		===Diminished Reality Software===
	Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net - October 14, 2010.</ref>		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net - October 14, 2010.</ref>

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	===Related Reading===		===Related Reading===

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	"Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video.		Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany have developed diminished reality software that can delete an object from live, full-motion video. The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored. To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it. It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms. <ref>http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net - October 14, 2010.</ref>

	The software first reduces the resolution of the object, removes the image, and improves the result (similar to using a smudge tool in Photoshop), then incrementally increases the resolution, improving the result, until the original resolution is restored.

	To remove an object from a video, just draw an enclosed loop around it ~~(from video by Jan Herling)~~

	It repeats that for each frame of the video in real time, delivering the final image in 40 ms" <ref>http://www.kurzweilai.net/diminished-reality-software-removes-objects-from-video-in-real-time ‘Diminished reality’ software removes objects from video in real time KurzweilAI.net - October 14, 2010.</ref>

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