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Augmented Reality in Astrophysics
Augmented Reality consists of merging live images with virtual layers of
information. The rapid growth in the popularity of smartphones and tablets over
recent years has provided a large base of potential users of Augmented Reality
technology, and virtual layers of information can now be attached to a wide
variety of physical objects. In this article, we explore the potential of
Augmented Reality for astrophysical research with two distinct experiments: (1)
Augmented Posters and (2) Augmented Articles. We demonstrate that the emerging
technology of Augmented Reality can already be used and implemented without
expert knowledge using currently available apps. Our experiments highlight the
potential of Augmented Reality to improve the communication of scientific
results in the field of astrophysics. We also present feedback gathered from
the Australian astrophysics community that reveals evidence of some interest in
this technology by astronomers who experimented with Augmented Posters. In
addition, we discuss possible future trends for Augmented Reality applications
in astrophysics, and explore the current limitations associated with the
technology. This Augmented Article, the first of its kind, is designed to allow
the reader to directly experiment with this technology.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in Ap&SS. The final
publication will be available at link.springer.co
Future of Augmented Reality
Today virtual reality is very popular, but it is used mostly for entertainment. In
future augmented reality referred to as the integration of digital information with the
user's environment in real time will be the most popular thing in the world. Referring
to these definitions, unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial
environment, augmented reality uses the existing environment and overlays new
information on the top. By this way our life can become more interesting and
informative. With the help of advanced AR technology (e.g. adding computer vision
and object recognition) the information about the surrounding real world of the user
becomes interactive and digitally manipulated information about the environment and
its objects is overlaid in the real world
The Legal Approach to Crime and Correction
This report documents the research and experiments on evaluating the possibilities of using OpenCV for developing a markerless augmented reality applications using the structure from motion algorithm. It gives a background on what augmented reality is and how it can be used and also theory about camera calibration and the structure from motion algorithm is presented. Based on the theory the algorithm was implemented using OpenCV and evaluated regarding its performance and possibilities when creating markerless augmented reality applications
Overview of open source augmented reality toolkit
Augmented reality or also known as AR is not a new technology. The technology has existed for almost 40 years ago after Ivan Sutherland introduced the first virtual reality (VR) application. At that time, works and research were mainly concerned to establish the hardware aspects of the technology. The head-mounted display (HMD) or some might called head-worn display is the result of augmented reality research and also one of the fundamental equipment for accessing the technology. As time goes by, the augmented reality technology has begin to mature to a point where the hardware cost and capabilities have collided to deliver a more feasible AR thus enable the rapid development of AR applications in many fields including education. To create a non-commercial AR application specifically for education, the ARToolkit can be taken into consideration. ARToolkit is the product of AR community and it is registered under the GNU General Public License. The user is provided with basic source code that lets the user easily develop Augmented Reality applications. Despite the fact that AR is not a new technology, people may unaware or unfamiliar with its existence. Therefore this paper is intended to (1) give an overview of augmented reality; and provides (2) solution to the technical problems that one’s will face in setting up open-source augmented reality toolkit
Overview of Augmented Reality Technology
В статье рассматривается технология дополненной реальности, описаны принципы работы, компоненты для реализации, сравнение данной технологии с виртуальной реальностью. Рассмотрены существующие реализации приложений на основе дополненной реальности. Предоставлена информация о перспективах развития технологии
Pembangunan augmanted reality (AR) bagi matapelajaran sains (sistem suria)
Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan aplikasi augmented reality bag itopik sistem suria untuk pembelajaran murid-murid Tahun Empat. Aplikasi ini berperanan sebagai penggayaan ilmu yang menggunakan elemen-elemen multimedia dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP). Pembangunan aplikasi augmented reality ini adalah berasaskan model Hannafin dan Peck yang melibatkan tiga fasa utama iaitu fasa analisis keperluan, fasa reka bentuk serta fasa pembangunan dan implementasi. Kemajuan teknologi boleh digunakan dalam pendidikan sebagai cara mengajar dalam institusi pendidikan formal dan bukan formal, dalam pendidikan. Kaedah pembelajaran boleh dipersembahkan menggunakan alat bantuan pembelajaran atau sering dikenali sebagai media pembelajaran. Augmented reality dilihat sebagai media pengajaran masa depan yang inovatif, menarik dan efektif
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