Professional augmented reality browsers for smartphones : programming for Junaio, Layar, and Wikitude

362 Pages·2011·48.228 MB·English

by  Lester Madden

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PROFESSIONAL
AUGMENTED REALITY BROWSERS FOR SMARTPHONES
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
(cid:2) PART I INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Introducing Augmented Reality (AR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER 2 Natural-Feature Tracking and Visual Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
CHAPTER 3 Introduction to AR Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
CHAPTER 4 Latitude, Longitude, and Where to get POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(cid:2) PART II WIKITUDE
CHAPTER 5 Building Worlds with KML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
CHAPTER 6 Building Worlds with ARML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
(cid:2) PART III LAYAR
CHAPTER 7 Building Layar Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
CHAPTER 8 Creating Filters and 2D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
CHAPTER 9 Using Layar Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
(cid:2) PART IV JUNAIO
CHAPTER 10 Creating junaio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
CHAPTER 11 Natural-Feature Tracking and Visual Search with junaio . . . . . . . . . . .235
(cid:2) PART V THE NEXT STEPS
CHAPTER 12 Adding Advanced Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
CHAPTER 13 Taking Your Application to Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
CHAPTER 14 The Future of AR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Continues
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APPENDIX A Wikitude Support and ARML Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
APPENDIX B Layar Support and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
APPENDIX C Junaio Support and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
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PROFESSIONAL
Augmented Reality Browsers
for Smartphones
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PROFESSIONAL
Augmented Reality Browsers
for Smartphones
PROGRAMMING FOR JUNAIO, LAYAR, AND WIKITUDE
Lester Madden
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Professional Augmented Reality Browsers for Smartphones: Programming for junaio,
Layar, and Wikitude
This edition fi rst published 2011
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