February 15, 2005
Augmented Reality:
Another (Virtual) Brick in the Wall
"...There are two types of audio tours: Linear where the story that's being told has a strict order and Random Access which uses RFID to tell what object a user is near. The AR tour, though, blends the best of both, a linear story with a random access system that lets users dig deeply into whatever fascinates them, giving them access to what feels like seemingly unlimited information...
..."My idea is let's ignore the goal of perfect registration between the virtual and physical world, which seems to be the goal of many AR researchers, and instead figure out what is needed to support the creation of usable, rather than perfectly registered, systems," says MacIntyre. MacIntyre sees AR as a new artistic medium that even the non-technically inclined can work with. To further that idea, his team developed DART -- The Designers Augmented Reality Toolkit -- a set of software tools for Macromedia Director that support the design and implementation of augmented reality experiences and applications..." From Augmented Reality: Another (Virtual) Brick in the Wall by Michelle Delio, Technology Review, February 15, 2005
Posted by jo at February 15, 2005 02:56 PM
