AUGMENTATION REALITY

SHAPE THE FUTURE

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Definition Goal Augmented vs Virtual reality Display technologies Applications Components Issues Conclusion

A combination of a real scene viewed by a user and a virtual scene generated by a computer that augments the scene with additional information.

Add virtual graphics in view of real world To enhance perception of a person with the real world Zeroing the difference between real world and its virtual augmentation

Augmented reality Virtual reality

 System augments  Totally virtual the real world scene environment  User maintains a  Visual senses are sense of presence under control of in the real world system  Needs a mechanism to combine virtual and real worlds

OPTICAL SEE - THROUGH HMD

VIDEO SEE THROUGH HMD

COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES Chroma keying  Used for special effects  Background of computer graphics images is set to a specific color  Combining step replaces all colored areas with corresponding parts from video

COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES Depth information Combine real and virtual images by a pixel-by-pixel depth comparison

ADVANTAGES OPTICAL HMD

  

Simplicity Resolution Safety

ADVANTAGES VIDEO HMD

Flexibility in composition strategies  Wide field of view  Real and virtual view delays can be matched


MEDICAL

MANUFACTURING AND REPAIR

ANNOTATIONS AND VISUALIZATION

HANDHELD DEVICES

Augmented Reality systems are expected:



To run in real-time so that the user can move around freely in the environment Show a properly rendered augmented image

Therefore, two performance criteria are placed on the system

 

Update rate for generating the augmenting image Accuracy of the registration of the real and virtual image

REGISTRATION PROBLEM Failures in registration due to:  Noise Position and pose of camera with respect to the real scene Fluctuations of values while the system is running

REGISTRATION PROBLEM Failures in registration due to:  Time delays In calculating the camera position In calculating the correct alignment of the graphics camera

Still far behind virtual environment in maturity  Found mainly in academic and industrial laboratories  Annotations and visualization are deployable today but expensive  Can be a great aid in combat operations  Used in navigation