open source web development

Augmented Reality

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•Presenter• Andy Kucharski

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•Promet Source• Founder

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What is Augmented Reality?

• AR is a digital overlay of information over a live camera view of the real world• Enhances reality with digital information about the images that appear

on the screen

• AR is frequently used due to the development of camera recognition software• Glasses

• Virtual retina displays

• Camera phones

Augmented Reality Market

• Total value of AR mobile market in 2009 was $130,000

• AR capable smartphones increased from 8 million in 2009 to more than 100 million in 2010

• Late 2010 saw exponential growth from 2009 • Value in 2010 was $1.5 million

• Forecasts for 2015 expect $1.5 billion

• In the next five years expected to growat an average of 239% per year

Outlook on Augmented Reality

• Analysts predict every smart phone will feature an augmented reality application by 2014

• Augmented Reality can generate $1.5 billion by 2015• Other analysts predict $5.1 billion by 2016

• Future developments: using cloud data to enhance the information in AR

• Expected to rise from 0.1% of the market to 1.0% of the market in the next five years

AR Growth by App Category

Source: Juniper Research

Augmented Reality Classification

History of Augmented Reality

• One of the first augmented reality systems was created in 1992• Virtual Fixtures was developed at the U.S. Air Force Research

laboratory

• First Augmented Reality mobile device debuted in 2008• Wikitude AR Travel Guide launched on the T-Mobile G1 Android phone

• Video games featured Augmented Reality cards to play with the device camera• Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Vita feature this application

• Recently gained popularity in smart phones

Phone Requirements

• A way to determine location • Phone provides that through GPS and an internal compass

• iPhone has gyroscopes

• A method of downloading data • Provided through mobile broadband connection

• Powerful graphics processing capabilities• Camera phone in the case of smartphones

• A processor and display

Dataset Requirements

• Location-based• Data points need to be tied to a specific location

• User interest in daily life• Needs to be a data set that users would be interested in looking up

• Publicly available data• Or privately held data that can be shared with Promet

• Data needs to be accessible online

Case Study: Augmented Reality and CTAR

Challenge

• Needed a way to consolidate CTA info and display it in relation to its surroundings

• Augmented Reality software was traditionally used in video games

• Had to account for over 30,000 bus stops, as well as train lines

• Needed to show whether the bus of train was Northbound or Southbound

Case Study: Augmented Reality and CTAR

Approach

• Used program to determine coordinates and orientation of phone

• App uses floating point arithmetic to compare the location of the user with the location of each bus stop

• Separated bus and train information into separate tables to prevent slowdowns

Case Study: Augmented Reality and CTAR

Results

• Each stop box displays:• Distance to the station

• Station's name

• Color of lines passing through

• ETAs of trains in all directions

• App allows you to tap whichever line you are interested in within a station

Case Study: Augmented Reality and CTARHow the CTAR works

• CTAR uses the GPS and Compass to provide and accurate location of the phone and where it is pointed

• Accelerometer used to determine whether the phone is tilted at a specific angle

• CTAR downloads location and arrival times from Chicago Transit Authority in real time

• Needs to sort through data tables to retrieve names, id and geo-coordinates

• Displays the nearest stop and arrival time

Augmented Reality Capabilities

• Public Transportation • Tracking the nearest train and buses and the frequency they are coming in

• College Campus Tours• Allow users to point their phones at campus buildings and conduct a self-guided

tour

• Museum Guides• Allow users to gain background information about a piece of art by pointing your

phone

• Restaurant Guides• Find the best restaurants and ratings nearby

• Real Estate• Look at houses that are sale in a neighborhood with your mobile phone

Augmented Reality Capabilities

• Architecture Tours• Learn about the history of each building by merely pointing your phone

• Commercial Tourism• Explore a city’s most famous attractions with your phone

• Meetups/Conferences• Find the nearest conference in a city block

• Concerts• Check out the concerts in your neighborhood by pointing your phone

Augmented Reality USA

• What it does: Augmented Reality USA is used to find points of interest in whatever city you're in throughout the US. You can find anything from a Taco Bell to a Wi-Fi hotspot or Subway station.

• City: All US Cities

• Cost: $0.99

iParking- Find My Car

• What it does: Record your cars location when you park and it will save the location and help you find your car when you return.

• City: Anywhere

• Cost: FREE

Wikitude

• What it does: When you hold up your phones you can see Yelp reviews of any location around you and tweets from nearby. In addition you can pull up Wikipedia articles about certain locations.

• City:

• Cost: Free

TripAdvisor LiveView

• What it does: Use the app to filter and find hotels, restaurants and points of interest, and the AR tab places search results on the screen.

• City: US Cities

• Cost: Free

Layar: ArchINFORM

• What it does: It's a huge database of interesting architectural works, existing and yet-to-be-built, that you can search for with architect names and/or keywords.Within the 3D layer, there’s an AR-view perspective map and a walkable pedestrian route can be shown for every listed piece of architecture within the specified neighborhood.

• City: US and International Cities

• Cost: Free

Google Goggles in Google Mobile

• What it does: Take a picture of famous paintings, wine labels or bar codes among other things and Google Goggles will return information on the image captured. Of most practical use is the translation function. Photograph text (for example a menu item) in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish and have it translated into one of those other languages.

• City: Most US Cities

• Cost: Free

Case Study: AR and Grinnell College

Challenge – College Campus Tour

• Compelling, interactive app to help attract new students

• Way for students, faculty and visitors to interact with their surroundings, and find their way around campus

Augmented Reality Campus Tour

Drupal Tools

-Fields for any kind of geolocation (lat/lon/altitude....)

- Geocoders that automatically geocode from addresses

- Google Maps, Open Layers maps and others

- Proximity location infohttp://drupal.org/project/geophp

http://drupal.org/project/geofield

http://drupal.org/project/geocoder

http://drupal.org/project/geocoder_autocomplete

http://drupal.org/project/addressfield

http://drupal.org/project/staticmap

http://drupal.org/project/openlayers

http://drupal.org/project/geolocation

http://drupal.org/project/geolocation_proximity

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