Augmented Reality for Dummy Idiots
April 17, 2012 7:37 AM Subscribe
Augmented Reality for beginners...
I don't really know a thing about programming (I know HTML and CSS, but who cares) but I would love to delve into Augmented Reality for future art projects. Would it be possible for me to learn how to program AR for mobile devices? If so, what are some good resources for absolute beginners?
I don't really know a thing about programming (I know HTML and CSS, but who cares) but I would love to delve into Augmented Reality for future art projects. Would it be possible for me to learn how to program AR for mobile devices? If so, what are some good resources for absolute beginners?
It looks as though some people have tried to make software that non-programmers could use... here's one called ATOMIC but it looks like no one has been working on it since 2009. On their FAQ page they list "similar applications": CATOMIR, OSGART, DART, BUILDAR.
posted by XMLicious at 8:20 AM on April 17, 2012
posted by XMLicious at 8:20 AM on April 17, 2012
I would think a great location to start is OpenCV (Open Computer Vision).
It obviously depends on your precise definition of AR, but assuming you want a computer to parse a video feed, pull out information (identify all human faces for instance) then do something with that (automagically blur the faces out?). It would seem like OpenCV would be a good place to start.
Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes is a quick talk about someone using Python and OpenCV to build a squirrel targetting water pistol. If instead of controlling a water pistol, it just drew a box around the squirrel, that'd be AR (in my book anyway).
posted by Static Vagabond at 9:14 AM on April 17, 2012
It obviously depends on your precise definition of AR, but assuming you want a computer to parse a video feed, pull out information (identify all human faces for instance) then do something with that (automagically blur the faces out?). It would seem like OpenCV would be a good place to start.
Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes is a quick talk about someone using Python and OpenCV to build a squirrel targetting water pistol. If instead of controlling a water pistol, it just drew a box around the squirrel, that'd be AR (in my book anyway).
posted by Static Vagabond at 9:14 AM on April 17, 2012
ARToolKit, although I don't know the specifics of what it does or how to use it. Difficulty being it's a "C and C++ language software library".
posted by Enki at 5:01 AM on April 18, 2012
posted by Enki at 5:01 AM on April 18, 2012
Here's something I read. Maybe skip some of the more detailed math that they were using that might not be applicable to your situation, but at least the Jan 24th post is good for general introductions:
http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/tag/augmented-reality/
If you're completely new to programming, that's also something to address. If, for example, you decide to go with ARToolKit, then you should also do a couple "intro to C and C++" tutorials to help ground you in the basics.
posted by RobotHero at 8:23 AM on April 18, 2012
http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/tag/augmented-reality/
If you're completely new to programming, that's also something to address. If, for example, you decide to go with ARToolKit, then you should also do a couple "intro to C and C++" tutorials to help ground you in the basics.
posted by RobotHero at 8:23 AM on April 18, 2012
Okay, you've got me interested in the subject again, so now I've read up on it, maybe Junaio is a good tool:
http://www.junaio.com/develop/docs/documenation/getting-started/channels/
It looks like you can create a "channel" without a lot of programming.
posted by RobotHero at 2:18 PM on April 18, 2012
http://www.junaio.com/develop/docs/documenation/getting-started/channels/
It looks like you can create a "channel" without a lot of programming.
posted by RobotHero at 2:18 PM on April 18, 2012
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posted by RobotHero at 8:06 AM on April 17, 2012