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Augmented Reality - Alistair Hart
1. AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)
WHAT IS IT & WHY IS IT AWESOME?
Alistair Hart, Mangoesmapping
Fungis workshop 16.11.12
2. Augmented Reality (AR)
• What is it – types of AR
• Examples, historic and current
• Who uses AR?
• AR for smartphones
• The future for AR
• Privacy Issues
• AR app demos
3. Marker-based AR
• Marker-based AR uses marker/s or an image of
some kind that an AR application can be
programmed to identify.
5. Marker-based AR
• The SixthSense augmented reality system lets
you project a phone pad onto your hand and
phone a friend -- without removing the phone
from your pocket.
• Can you see the markers?
7. Markerless AR?
• Overlaying artificial information about the
environment and its objects on images of the
real world – location based…
• The location-based Augmented Reality view
provides a direct view of reality "enhanced" with
additional, computer-generated content, as
opposed to a conventional map, which provides
an abstract view from above.
11. Markerless AR?
• AR can use the following device features:
– GPS
– Inclinometer
– Gyroscope
– Solid state compass
– Digital camera/optical sensor
– Digital display/data projector
– Wireless sensors
– RFID tags
• AR also needs access to data to augment reality!
12. Who uses AR
• Tourists
• Soldiers
• Commuters
• Consumers (Groceries to Real Estate)
• Jobseekers
• Pilots
• Restaurant goers
• The incontinent…
18. Future of AR
• Apps to show homeowners what different paint
colours look like in a room
• Grocery shopping apps:
– user reviews
– health information
– ingredient explanations
– competing products
19. Future of AR
• Current industry estimates are that AR market
segment will reach $3 billion p.a. by 2016, with
profound impacts on education, training and
business
• Growth rate of AR market segment reflects
growth in early days of spatial industry
20. Privacy Risks?
• AR connecting with social media accounts (eg.
myspace, facebook)
• Point your phone at someone and gain information
about him/her
• Child safety??
• No indications technology heading this way anytime
soon
21. Privacy Risks?
• AR connecting with social media accounts (eg.
myspace, facebook)
• Point your phone at someone and gain information
about him/her
• Child safety??
• No indications technology heading this way anytime
soon
credit: Hollywood.com