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What is Augmented Reality?
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Augmented Reality is the art of superimposing computer generated content over a live view of the world.
Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with live video or the user's environment in real time.
What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented Reality can be explained as the generation of a composite view for the user that is the combination, in real time, of a real scene viewed by the user, via a camera for example, and a virtual scene generated by the computer, therefore augmenting the scene with additional information.
History
Prof. Ivan Sutherland
Prof. Tom Caudell
1966
Invented Head-Mounted Displaywhich was the first step in making AR a possibility
1990
Coined the term “Augmented Reality”Developed Complex Software at Boeing to help technicians assemble cables into aircraft
Augmented Reality - Reborn
Until 1999, AR remained very much a toy of the scientist
Taking Augmented Reality to the masses was practically impossible
Augmented Reality
Expensive
Complex
Bulky
Augmented Reality - Reborn
In 1999, Hirokazu Kato of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology released the ARToolKit to the open source community.
Although the smartphone was yet to be invented, it was what allowed a simple, handheld device with a camera and an internet connection to bring AR to the masses.
So what’s with all the recent hype?
The sudden increase in public interest is after the invention of Smartphones and the apps that were developed for smartphones
Mobilizy was among the pioneers to develop apps allowing Android users to view the world through their mobile phone cameras and see augmentations on the screen of points of interest nearby.
Once ARToolkit was ported to Adobe Flash, the journey reaches where we are today with AR possible through the desktop browser and your webcam as well.
Types of Augmented Reality
GPS and Compass Technology:
Found in smartphones and tablets Uses devices' GPS, compass
features and high-speed wireless networks Allows more complex applications of Augmented Reality.
Main Attraction:
Limitation:
Provides useful local web-content information and added services in 2D format at the geo-location of the user
Fairly imprecise due to current inaccuracy of the GPS technology
Types of Augmented Reality
Marker Based
Marker-based AR uses a camera and a visual marker to determine the center, orientation, and range of its spherical coordinate system.
Most of the time, the applications using markers are based on open source technology.
ARToolkit is the first fully-featured toolkit for marker-based AR
It has the advantage to be easily affordable but sometimes it is not supported and fairly weak
Total Immersion provides the world’s most widely used commercial augmented reality platform.
Types of Augmented Reality
Marker Less Tracking
This is currently one of the best technology for tracking
It performs active tracking and recognition of real environment on any type of support without using special placed markers.
Allows more complex applications of Augmented Reality.
SixthSense – Augmented Reality System
The device works by using the camera and mirror to examine the surrounding world
Feeds the image to the phone which processes the image, gathers GPS coordinates and pulls data from the Internet and then projects information from the projector onto the surface in front of the user, whether it's a wrist, a wall, or even a person.
SixthSense will augment whatever we look at
Applications Travel - Wikitude
Wikitude Video
Applications Real Estate - Layar
Layar Video
Medical
Marketing & Advertising
Education
Entertainment, Games & Toys
Military
Navigation
Product launches
Presentations
Applications
Limitations
Dependence on GPS
Limited Availability
Mobile apps are not a good representation of AR’s true capabilities
Concerns
Privacy Recognising face….
Checking PROFILES….
PULLING DATA FROM …Name: Ted
STUDIES at: NTU
Age: 25
FROM: UK
LIVES AT: Singapore
INTERESTS: Reading
Future of Augmented Reality
Better visualization of products by scanning bar codes, QR codes or pure object recognition.
Learning tool in schools.
City planning and architecture.
Political campaigns
Gaming industry.
Augmented Reality contact lens being developed at the University of Washington by Babak Parviz, a bio-nanotechnologist. The lens would layer computer graphics on everything around us.
Future of Augmented Reality
Demo
http://takethewheel.nissan.com.au/