Architectural models in urban landscapes: Synthesis of markers and virtual structures

In marker based AR systems an overloading of tasks for markers can be beneficial. The proposed technology uses tracked markers, which simultaneously can serve additional functions besides its primary task as fiduciary feature to align an augmented scene. It can supply data required for the creation of the scene and even be a be part of the scene. The patented [6] technology has been developed to create robust mixed-reality scenes in realtime. This poster presents AR for large scale modeling within the thematic scope of architectural and urban planning. A previous prototype (AmbiViewer [1]) already demonstrated the unique technique to calibrate a camera in augmented scenes.