Live from ISMAR ‘08 : Perfecting Augmented Reality

The last session of ISMAR ‘08 is about to begin, and it concentrates on perfecting Rendering and Scene Acquisition in augmented reality and making it even more realistic.
First on stage is Yusaku Nishin with a challenging talk attempting Photometric registration by adaptive high dynamic range image generation for augmented reality.
His goal : development of photorealistic [...]

Live From ISMAR 08: Augmented Reality Sensors and Sensor Fusion

The last day of ISMAR ‘08 is upon us, and the day opens by stimulating our senses with a session about sensors.
Gabriele Bleser starts this session with a talk about Using the marginalised particle filter for real-time visual-inertial sensor fusion

She starts by showing a short clip with an erratic camera motion that makes everyone dizzie…it [...]

Live from ISMAR ‘08: Tracking - Latest and Greatest in Augmented Reality

After a quick liquid adjustment, and a coffee fix - we are back with the next session of ISMAR ‘08, tackling a major topic in augmented reality: Tracking.
Youngmin Park is first on stage with Multiple 3D Object Tracking. His first demonstration is mind blowing. He shows an application that tracks multiple 3D objects, which have [...]