ARQuake: an outdoor/indoor augmented reality first person application

Author

Thomas, Bruce ; Close, B. ; Donoghue, John ; Squires, John ; De Bondi, Phillip ; Morris, Michael ; Piekarski, Wayne

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., South Australia Univ., Adelaide, SA, Australia

fYear

2000

fDate

16-17 Oct. 2000

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

146

Abstract

This paper presents an outdoor/indoor augmented reality first person application ARQuake we have developed. ARQuake is an extension of the desktop game Quake, and as such we are investigating how to convert a desktop first person application into an outdoor/indoor mobile augmented reality application. We present an architecture for a low cost, moderately accurate six degrees of freedom tracking system based on GPS, digital compass, and fiducial vision-based tracking. Usability issues such as monster selection, colour, and input devices are discussed. A second application for AR architectural design visualisation is presented.

Keywords

augmented reality; portable computers; ARQuake; architectural design visualisation; augmented reality; fiducial vision-based tracking; first person application; mobile augmented reality; outdoor/indoor; six degrees of freedom tracking system; Application software; Augmented reality; Bonding; Computer displays; Floors; Head; Physics computing; Rendering (computer graphics); User interfaces; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers, The Fourth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0795-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.2000.888480

Filename

888480