Augmented Reality

Augmented RealityYuling@JayWSalon

What is AR (Augmented Reality)

A technology that allows for computer-generated virtual imagery

information to be superimposed onto

a live direct or indirect real world environment in real time. - Wikipedia

Why AR?

1. Provide useful information not available in real objects.

2. Connects the virtual and real world.3. And many more.

Ways to do AR

Ways to do AR

1. Non-vision based. (The Cheap Way)

Ways to do AR

1. Non-vision based (The Fancy/Google Way)

Ways to do AR

2. Marker-based AR (It is a tracking problem)

Ways to do AR

3. Markerless AR (It is an even harder tracking problem)

PTAM...in freaking 5 years ago!!

Ways to do AR

3. Markerless AR (It is an even harder tracking problem)

AR applications that make money

Lego

CEO vision

Blippar

AR Road Map

Essentially the history of real world tracking.

Questions?