ARWand for an Augmented World Builder
Abstract
ARWand is a smartphone-based 3D user interface for manipulating 3D virtual objects in a normal wearable augmented reality (WAR) environment without cumbersome external tracking installations. In this paper, we apply ARWand to an augmented world builder that enables users to model the real world and add virtual content to it. First, the user wearing a video see-through head-mounted display (HMD) selects an object of interest (OoI) in a physical space using ARWand and assigns a local reference coordinate to the OoI. This enables the program to construct a corresponding mirror space on the fly. Then, through control menus, ARWand lets the user load, select, and manipulate (3-DoF translate, 3-DoF rotate, scale, and texture) 3D virtual objects at various distances while the user is moving within a normal WAR environment. According to our pilot study, we believe our proposed augmented world builder system using ARWand can help users easily construct augmented worlds anywhere and thus experience a reality beyond space and time. The proposed augmented world builder can be applied to various spaces such as galleries, museums, tour sites, or industrial locations, and create richly augmented reality ecosystems.
Paper
T. Ha and W. Woo, "ARWand for an Augmented World Builder," IEEE 3DUI (Contest), pp. - , 2013. 3. [Link]
하태진, 우운택, "HMD 기반 착용형 컴퓨팅 환경에서 모바일 입력 장치를 이용한 디지로그 스페이스 저작," KHCI, pp. - , 2013.2. [Link]
하태진, 우운택, "웨어러블 증강현실 환경에서 In-situ 증강현실 저작을 위한 ARWand 기반 상호작용 방법," 한국정보과학회, pp. 433-435, 2012. 6. [Link]
Video
Other videos
Authoring in near and far distances
Animation authoring
3D manipulation
Simple application (A virtual 3D model from https://code.google.com/p/ptam-gr)