Getting started with augmented reality

Augmented Reality

Hi folks ,

you would have been very tired reading the other posts which is  technical now in this post lets see something thats not just technical but also v v v CooooooooL

YES !!!! you don't believe?? Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKIv3Pt6zjI 

 Surprised?? wondering how it happens???? 

well its not a magic.....its very simple .

                                                      its just

                        Augmented Reality

Wanna develop something like this?? Congratulations your in the right place !!!!!!!

Follow the below steps

1 } Download the android  sdk from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (this is used  in case you are developing application  for the android platform )

2 } Download the qualcommm sdk from https://developer.vuforia.com

(this is the sdk tat supports the augmentation of objects , it has the complete set of tools required for AR apps ) .

3 } To design you are app , you can use one of the best game engine called " unity 3D engine " it can be downloaded from http://unity3d.com/unity/download/

The main advantage of using qualcomm sdk is tat its open source and the sample apps itself gives a clear idea of everything .

The most important part of developing your application is the creation of the image target .

The below fig shows the workflow for creating the image target.

You can create the image target either on your device or on the cloud database

Device databases allows your  applications to  access local database of image targets. 

Cloud databases allows your  applications to work with a large number of targets.  Cloud databases are stored in the Internet and support over a million image targets.

Once your done with it , you can just drag and drop the objects provided by the unity game engine and bulid and run your application on your device .  

Here is the development area of the unity engine , the camera preview of unity helps you to visualize the output of your application before you deploy it . 

As the augmented reality concept is vast i end the discussion here , please feel free to ask your questions(if any ) in the comments section :-)