ComposAR: An intuitive tool for authoring AR applications

Author

Seichter, Hartmut ; Looser, Julian ; Billinghurst, Mark

Author_Institution

Human Interface Technol. Lab. New Zealand, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

178

Abstract

This paper introduces ComposAR, a tool to allow a wide audience to author AR and MR applications. It is unique in that it supports both visual programming and interpretive scripting, and an immediate mode for runtime testing. ComposAR is written in Python which means the user interface and runtime behavior can be easily customized and third-party modules can be incorporated into the authoring environment. We describe the design philosophy and the resulting user interface, lessons learned and directions for future research.

Keywords

augmented reality; authoring systems; graphical user interfaces; program testing; visual programming; ComposAR; Python; augmented reality; authoring tool; interpretive scripting; mixed reality; runtime testing; user interface; visual programming; Application software; Computer vision; Layout; Libraries; Programming environments; Prototypes; Runtime; User interfaces; Virtual reality; XML; H.5.1 [Multimedia Information Systems]: Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities; H.5.2 [User Interfaces]: Graphical user interfaces (GUI);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2008. ISMAR 2008. 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2840-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637354

Filename

4637354