Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality World | 拡張現実と仮想現実の世界

Communicating the engineering feats of Shell's gas to liquid plant, Pearl Qatar, to the business community.

Appmateは付属のフィギュアをiPad上に置くと、画面と連動して操作できるという新しいタイプのゲームだ。体験を提供する。Cars 2ゲームに登場するキャラに似せたミュチュア車の下部に特別なセンサー(特許出願中）がミニカーのiPad上の位置を読み取るようになっているとのことだ。

VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Disney Mobile chief Bart Decrem about Appmates

Using two cube marker, we can control the twist and the length of a DNA double helix. The addition of Ambient occlusion thanks to Scree-Space Ambient Occlusion shader gave more realism and depth perception.

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Could we leverage Augmented Reality (AR) apps for Crisis Mapping? I’ve been thinking about this question for a while but finally decided to experiment after bumping into Autonomy here at the IPI World Congress in Taipei. The company has a free AR app called Aurasma, which basically lets the user create their own AR action. So I gave it a spin, figuring that if people could animate the odd T-Rex splish-splashing in the Bay Area, there might also be some humanitarian applications worth exploring.

Autonomy’s AR app is available for the iPhone, iPad and the Android. What is especially neat is that you can cache the AR data and therefore use the app off-line, always a plus for crisis response. I experimented by using: (1) the amazing Humanitarian OpenStreetMap animated video of Haiti, (2) Internews’s excellent humanitarian technology report on Dadaab (a must read), and (3), a printout of WalkingPapers for some location in California.

教育と拡張現実について今後の可能性を感じさせる内容(そのまま一部を抜粋しました)

At the project outset, technical architecture and choice of software was considered integral to its level of success. As the project would not be developing any technical code or services, building on existing frameworks available as open source (e.g. AR browsers) it was imperative that the delivery solution would be intuitive,structurally sound and technical viable.

To build on work done from previous LTIG projects such as QR Codes – University of Bath, 2009 (http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/)  and Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum – University of Exeter, 2010 (http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/augmentedreality/), it was important to follow best practice and software recommendations that had been informed through their findings and technical reports.

The JISC Observatory report, ‘Augmented Reality for Smartphones‘ was paramount in selecting the AR browser the SCARLET project would use to deliver content. At the time(April 2011), there was a proliferation of Augmented Reality browsers available with development API’s such as Layar, Wikitude, Sekai, Google Goggles and Junaio. Due to the environmental constraints of the technology being used inside the John Rylands library, the traditional format of augmented delivery – POI’s (Points of Interest) mapped to GPS co-ordinates was problematic. Mobile devices would struggle to detect accurate location-based data with their inbuilt GPS, or in some cases would not work at all due to compass interference.

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Using data from the ‘Review of available Augmented Reality packages and evaluation of their potential use in an educational context‘ produced from Exeter University, it was clear that the smartphone market was dramatically growing in the UK (Doubling in two years from 2008) and that in an Eduserv survey over 49% of students at University of Edinburgh owned one. To maximise student benefit, tablet devices were seen to “offer increased potential for AR applications since they feature larger screens (typically 7-10” compared to the 3-4” screens offered by most smartphones)“.

(via & more http://teamscarlet.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/technical-options-appraisal/)

Die Location-Based-Services-App präsentiert eine einzigartige Vielfalt multimedialer Informationen zum berühmten „Märchenkönig" Ludwig II. von Bayern. Die App bietet faszinierende Augmented Reality Features, u.a. 3D-Mustererkennung, die in Echtzeit digitale Objekte direkt am Standort des Betrachters in das Kamerabild des iPhones einblenden. Als unentbehrlicher Begleiter zu den Schlössern, Orten und Ereignissen im Leben Ludwigs II. ist die App ein Must-Have für jeden Ludwig-Fan und alle historisch und touristisch Interessierten „auf den Spuren des Märchenkönigs". Nahezu alle Inhalte der App sind auch offline nutzbar. Die App ist ein Angebot der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in Kooperation mit der Bayerischen Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen.

Check out the all-new Nissan Versa, in this first-of-its-kind fully immersive iAd. Using the iPhones amazing gyro technology for a 360 experience, it's as if you're there in the Versa, where shoes change, hats swap and phone messages play at your command. There's even a cool Foster the People song to download and a chance to win a free Nissan Versa.

our first promo movie showcasing our augmented reality on a t-shirt. we need to purchase an iron ^_^

At twnkls | augmented reality we've been experimenting with new ways of doing Projection Mapping (a form of Spatial Augmented Reality). This video shows one of our first results.
More information is at http://www.twnkls.com

This is a demo of an Augmented Reality (AR) iOS app that we developed. Using a printed marker as the trigger, the app will show a 3D rendering of a Burger, Fries and Drinks with background sound. Developed by GMA NMI

Augmented Reality Tool to Show the Sun Paths Throughout the Whole Year.

SOLight is used whenever you want to know how long there is direct sunlight: for an apartment check, for house hunters, architects, photographers and garden planners or to plan the right adjustment for a solar collector.

Resolución de un puzzle sudoku con realidad aumentada. Aplicación realizada con opencv.

Detección de cuadrados.
Aproximación poligonar.
Transformación perspectiva.
Umbralización progresiva.
Ajuste de histograma (ecualización, estiramiento, ...)
Ajuste de brillo/contraste.
Integrales proyectivas.
Matching de patrones (OCR)
Resolución (backtracking iterativo)
Proyección.
Seguimiento mediante Lukas-Kanade

http://blippar.com Blippar Mobile augmented reality app launches in Ireland in partnership with Metro Herald making Metro Herald the worlds first Augmented Reality powered Newspaper.

1. Lecture 7: Evaluating AR Applications pp Mark Billinghurst g HIT Lab NZ University of Canterbury
2. Building Compelling AR ExperiencesB ildi C lli E i experiences Evaluation applications Interaction tools Authoring components Tracking, Display Sony CSL © 2004

Augmented reality iPhone app
The augmented reality iPhone app is designed to help users navigate the airport terminals.
This is a first for location-based augmented reality services, which typically don’t deliver information about the layout of indoor areas. 
This app keeps track of a user’s location by using Wi-Fi signals generated inside the airport’s terminals.

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1. Hotels 2020 - Rethinking Hotel Strategies, BusinessModels and Investment PropositionsHotel Investment ConferenceLondon – September 7th 2011 Rohit Talwar CEO Fast Future Research rohit@fastfuture.com
2. Hotels 2020 – Objectives• Identify key drivers of change for the globally branded hotel sector over the next decade• Examine the implications for: – Hotel strategy – Brand portfolio – Business models – Customer targeting – Innovation
3. Hotels 2020 – Research Methods• Expert Interviews• Desk Research• Global Survey• Workshops (Delhi, Dubai)