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Augmented Reality Engineering

by Jack

February 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Tagged: Augmented Reality, Games, Programming

Augmented Reality is obviously the distilled nectar of the future, so I’ve been looking for SDKs. Here are some links:

Here’s one from the NRC, which is broken (via MAKE).

Here’s the GPL’d ARToolKit (pictured above).

I’m sure there are more but I have iPhone code to write. Must… Close… Browser…

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1. Jack

   on February 18, 2009 at 1:00 pm

   Oh, and here’s a demo you can run without a compiler, etc:

   You just need a webcam and a printer to run off the canonical images, then you can (via a config file) make it display any 3D content you like (it comes with some).

2. Jack

   on February 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   Idea: Combine with that research into Wiimote 3D positioning and Z-brush for VIRTUAL SCULPTING.

3. Jack

   on February 18, 2009 at 2:03 pm

   Idea: Remote presence “multiplayer” — object spawns two avatars, at least one of which is remotely controlled. They swordfight.

4. Jared

   on February 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   Blah, this is just an excuse for Master’s degrees in HCI. I’ll believe it when there’s an Instructable with a Wiimote.