Experience Prototyping

Hacking a webcam and mobile projector into an augmented reality reading lamp

About the Project

Browser based multiplayer strategy game with to show case browser game development platform. Responsible for Game Mechanics and Visual Design.

My Role

Browser based multiplayer strategy game with to show case browser game development platform. Responsible for Game Mechanics and Visual Design.

ubicomp

AR Flashlight

Colleagues at Fraunhofer and I connected a mobile projector with a webcam, aiming at a prototype to combine intuitive work with physical information resources with the benefits of contextual online research.

Prototpye Showcase at Ubicomp 2009

Even though this has been work in progress and the software was pre alpha, we presented the system and primarily its interaction technique in October 2009 at UbiComp to share some thoughts about it and to discuss ideas about several application areas.

Demo Video

Based on OpenCV, especially with its support on Speeded Up Robust Features and Motion Tracking, as well as the conceptual input from several projects based on augmented reality, we created the system shown in the video working without the need of any special markers.