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AR Tutorials

Aya — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:33:58 +0000

I guess AR has finally reached that point of exposure where people want to replicate what they’ve seen and start exploring what they can make using augmented reality technology. I’ve seen a few tutorials floating around lately on sites like YouTube about how to get started with AR using tools like Quartz Composer or ARToolKit+miku miku dance.

Augmented Reality DJ – Markers as controllers in Ableton

Aya — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:18:28 +0000

Just a preview, and how you can use the ARDJ software with ableton… basically me messing around with it. Talking about the software a bit and how it works. :) Enjoy!

Get the software free at http://www.lipert.net/ardj

A lot of buzz around AR has been around its use as a means to either modify the information we see about the world around us, gaming, or ‘magic’ (as described in a previous post). Earlier this last week we saw AR not as a result, but as a means input or control in “Home automation through augmented reality” which used QR codes as markers to activate objects around the house. The end result does not involve any augmented or modified vision or perception, but rather, real life changes in physical objects and environments (on or off, dark room or bright room). This example very loosely qualifies as ‘augmented reality’ in my book, but is not undeserving of attention from the AR community as a example of computer vision with (long winded) real world application (not efficiency, but visible to us without aid of a device). ARDJ sort of follows this same track in its purpose– it provides an alternative means of control of particular parameters. The end results is again, not visual. AR or not? Meeeh—- but it is a reminder that AR doesn’t have to be related to navigation or information overlay, and can exist as a broader, more creative technology allowing for organic human gesture and manipulation to come into play.

Augmented Alice – AR story telling environment by Georgia Tech

Aya — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:10:48 +0000

We’re on a bit of a roll here lately with examples of AR without ‘practical’ functionality; for creative expression, exploration and potential as a medium to deliver immersive narrative. Hats off to you, Georgia Tech, you pump out these fantastic ideas like a factory! You can see this, and other projects from the Augmented Environments Lab at their website.

A final project for DVFX 2009 at Georgia Tech. The video is an advertisement for a Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab project to create an augmented reality storytelling application. One of the examples for this project was Alice in Wonderland, which serves as a basis for our video.

More Tools to Augment Your Reality

Aya — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:47 +0000

Aru Majiro - Mascot of ARmagic

Good morning everyone. Have a good weekend? I found a couple more resources to add to the previous list of Augmented Reality developer tools, kits, APIs etc.

iPhone ARKit: an objective C kit for making augmented reality apps for iPhone; API modeled after MapKit. http://github.com/zac/iphonearkit/
ARmagic: a Windows-based authoring tool using ARToolKit libraries to aid in creation of marker-based augmented reality applications. http://www.i-t-business.com/ar-chudoku/index.php?pi=top [JP]

Tools to Augment Your Reality

Aya — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:07 +0000

Does looking at all these demonstrations and examples of augmented reality leave you itching to make your own? Here’s a list of tools to get you started, for both marker and markerless AR. (See something missing? Let me know in the comments!)

ARmedia Plug-in for Google SketchUp (and ARexporter)
http://www.inglobetechnologies.com/en/products/arplugin_su/info.php

rtPozAR (Real-Time Poser AR) [JP]
http://foilskin.seesaa.net/article/119695691.html

ARDeskTop [JP]
http://wiki.livedoor.jp/wah_wah_hawah/

ARToolKit
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

ARToolKit Professional & osgART
http://www.artoolworks.com/Home.html

NyARToolKit (Java ARToolKit) [EN/JP]
http://nyatla.jp/nyartoolkit/wiki/index.php

FLARToolkit (Flash ARToolKit) [EN/JP]
http://www.libspark.org/wiki/saqoosha/FLARToolKit/en

ATOMIC Augmented Reality Authoring Tool (Front end for ARToolKit)
http://www.sologicolibre.org/projects/atomic/en/index.php

LinceoVR
http://linceovr.seac02.it/

HandyAR
http://ilab.cs.ucsb.edu/projects/taehee/HandyAR/HandyAR.html

PTAM (Parallel Tracking and Mapping for Small AR Workspaces)
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~gk/PTAM/

Expect revisions and additions to this list in the future.

Did You Miss It? AR Distortions, OpenChan, PozAR and Volume Slicing Display

Aya — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:50 +0000

While AR has really taken off in the news and media over the past year, there are hundreds of examples that have been missed, looked over, or forgotten either in the rush of the recent AR ‘browser wars’ and novelty ads … or simply were released before augmented reality caught everyone’s attention. Every week I’ll attempt to post a few videos and links to examples of augmented reality, demos, and toolkits to fill the gaps for those newly interested in augmented reality technology or with less time to peruse the internet for AR goodies.

PozARToolkit and rtPozAR source and documentation available at http://foilskin.seesaa.net/ [JP]

Documentation at: http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/perception/VolumeSlicingDisplay/index-e.html