Augmented Mixed Reality – Virtual, Physical and Augmented mashup
Ok, this may be tricky so you may want to sit down for this one.
After my previous post using the ARTag augmented reality, allowing my avatar to interact with an augmented reality 3d object superimposed on the view I coudl not resist taking it a stage further.
As you know I have a fabjectory model of my more human Second Life avatar. It is a physical statue made real from the virtual.So, I dug up my very old copy of the canon 3d SOM. This appears to be here now
The 3d SOM packaged makes a 3d model from a collection of photos of a real object.
Yes, I took my Second Life avatar, had it printed in real life, photographed it, turned it back into a 3d model, applied that model to the ARTag augmented reality kit and then used put the ARTag texture in Second Life, pointed the camera at the Second Life screen.
Voila, my avatar was in augmented virtual reality with my other avatar.
The possibilities, and the loops withing loops ermeging from this are very intriguing indeed.
I think this is Augmented Mixed Reality?
Many hands make AR work, Rob (dressed for a visitor) helped with the camera for this one.
August 7th, 2007 at 11:19
Really impressive ! Congrats :-)
August 7th, 2007 at 19:17
wow…rocketscience to me, one bridge too far, etc. Please can you explain in baby language what you did? ;)
August 7th, 2007 at 19:36
@dobre erm….. :-)
Well
1) The Artag project out there on the web provides some client code that is able to spot specific patterns on printed material. It can then place 3d objects over that material.
This means if you look at the real worldf with a camera you get virtual objects superimposed.
It is able to detect distance and direction to allow a 3d view of the object.
Thats augmented reality
2) I have a photo package that can take 2d photos and create a 3d model mesh and texture from them. So I made a 3d model of my real epredator statue that came from the 3d rendition of my in Second Life (via fabjectory)
3) I placed the real world ARTtag tags into Second Life and placed them on an object
4)So now the Second life client is rendering the ARTag patterns, and providing the ability to move camera around them (as opposed to real world)
5)Then….. using a web cam pointing at that SL client showing the artag texture the artag code then was able to use the SL picture as a backdrop (instead of Real life) and superimpose the other 3d model on it (i.e. part 2)
One of my SL avatars was standing next to the artag elements in SL, and we took a picture of the combined rendition.
The third photo shows both screens.
It is a bit freaky, but rather than augmenting real world things we are augmnenting virtual world things. The ARTag is not bothered one way or another.
Moving my avatar from SL to a physical print and back to a 3d model again in order to mash it up is just the icing on the cake.
August 8th, 2007 at 18:35
Transreality/Rapid Manufacturing Round
Having already done the virtual reality and Industrial Design round-ups, I’m finishing off with this collection of links which – in some way or another – have something to do with cross-reality ideas/concepts and rapid manufacturing. Well, at le…
August 13th, 2007 at 20:18
@epredator: wow… now that explained it quite clear, thanks
August 16th, 2007 at 21:28
[...] I have been impressed recently with things like ARTag. The simplicity by which we were able to explore Augmenting Real and Virtual means scope for many ideas to be tried out. With companies like fabjectory making the virtual objects into real objects on a commercial level we are able to glimpse a local fabrication future. Creating elements of what you need as physical objects when you need them from virtual resources has quite a future I think. Many of these things have existed before but not with the ease of access to the general population…” Continue reading Augmented Mixed Reality – Real to virtual and back again by Ian Hughes Aug 16, 16:28 Trackback URL [...]
September 7th, 2007 at 23:20
[...] We are seeing more uses of things from the real world crossing over into the non-game metaverse environments. e.g. tennis ball trajectories and scores from Wimbledon into Second Life. Is this augmented mixed reality? Are we creating Augmented Reality for virtual worlds? Is there a continuous circle feeding real things and virtual things into representations of one another?…” Continue reading Augmented Mixed Reality – Real to virtual and back again by Ian Hughes on Terra Nova. [Image source] Sep 7, 18:20 Trackback URL [...]
October 1st, 2007 at 12:03
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October 3rd, 2007 at 21:31
Hey, whered you get ahold of a copy of Canon 3D som, and would you be willing to sell it? :)
October 31st, 2007 at 10:11
[...] As you know Augmented Reality is a bit of an interest and the blending of real and virtual as I put together with artag I just got sent the link to Total Immersion(thanks Tony), who have some great technology and ideas integrating real and virtual content. Go and see their video’s here, it shows what is commercially possible [...]
October 31st, 2007 at 13:15
Intreguing to see how this might work on the fly. So in future when we’re all wearing heads up displays and fly-eye cameras capturing our surroundings, we can share someone else’s reality and transmit ours. :)
January 16th, 2008 at 14:30
[...] Last summer, Ian blogged here on Eightbar about an experiment with running the ARTag system alongside Second Life, and augmenting SL with additional 3D content, like this… [...]
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