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AR phone: Making augmented reality more accessible

Augmented Reality (AR)

AR phone marker

  • Virtual objects in real world
  • Fiducial markers position virtual objects
  • Inaccessible (viewed through expensive glasses)
  • Clumsy (viewed with computer and web cam).

AR phone

  • Use common mobile device as a view port.

Motivation

  • Increase accessibility
  • Reduce clumsiness.

AR phone example

AR phone pipeline

AR phone workflow

Approach

  • Smart-phones (e.g. Ericsson P800)
  • Camera
  • Large screen
  • Bluetooth
  • Too slow for video processing, offload AR to server with Bluetooth.


Project Schedule

  • April 2003 - Conception
  • June 2003 - first prototypes using ARToolkit
  • August 10-20 - visit to HIT labs in Christchurch
  • November - demonstration at OZCHI2003.

Computer Human Adapted Interaction: Phd Scholars

Computer Human Adapted Interaction: Academic Supervisors

A/Prof Robert Kummerfeld and Dr. Aaron Quigley

Research Lab Location
G61b Madsen Building, School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia.

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