AUGMENTED

REALITY
“Reality is merely an illusion,
albeit a very persistent
one.”
What Is Augmented Reality
(AR)?

 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.
– AR Toolkit demo movie
– T-immersion 2004 video
Augmented Reality vs. Virtual
Reality

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

 System augments  Totally immersive
the real world scene environment
 User maintains a  Senses are under
sense of presence in control of system
real world
 Needs a mechanism  Need a mechanism
to combine virtual to feed virtual world
and real worlds to user
Combining the Real and Virtual
Worlds (cont)
 Register models of all 3D objects of
interest with their counterparts in the
scene
 Track the objects over time when the user
moves and interacts with the scene
 Locations and optical properties of the
viewer (or camera) and the display
Display Technologies
 Monitor Based Technology
–Laptops
–Cell phones
–Projectors
 Head Mounted Displays Technology
–Video see-through
–Optical see-through
Monitor Based Augmented Reality
 Simplestavailable
 Treat laptop/PDA/cell phone as a
window through which you can see AR
world.
 Sunglasses demo
Optical see-through HMD
EARLY APPLICATION
• KARMA (91)
– Feiner
• Optical see
-through HMD
• Knowledge
-based assistant
for maintenance
• Ultrasound
trackers attached
to assembly parts
UNC - Medical
• Early 90’s
• Lots of work on
reducing
registration error
– Explain movie
– Teapot movie
• Medical
applications
– movie
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