Topic outline
- General
- UNIT 2 - Virtual and Augmented Reality
UNIT 2 - Virtual and Augmented Reality
Subunit 1 - AR and VR evolution
Objectives: - Summarize the history of augmented reality - Identify the differences between augmented reality and virtual reality and interactions. - Define the terminology used in RA - Describe the components of virtual realityThis is a playful activity where you can use the phone Android, blank sheets and markers create a 3D island that you can view through the phone screen. LandscapAR is a new form of augmented reality application (AR), which invites users to create interesting islands and terrains. Simple sketch the height lines on a real piece of paper and this is translated directly into 3D landscape! Create your favorite tropical island with as many hills, mountains and valleys as you want, and visualize it in 3D at home. Take a walk around your creation and you will see the island from all perspectives. Note that the paper should be clearly visible from the background, so it should be as bright as possible and the background as dark as possible. On the other hand, a thick dark pen should be used. Activity steps: From your Android phone, go to Google Play, download and install the application "LandscapAR augmented reality" Try placing a blank sheet on a dark background. Draw concentric shapes as shown in the video. Scan the drawing with the program and enjoy:Objectives: Know the monitoring technologies based on sensors and artificial visionIt is an augmented reality application that allows us to view magnetic fields, WiFi signals, telephone signal, etc. Different signals can be seen in different ways, as they can be in the form of spheres or vectors. The application connects to the phone camera.
Follow the steps:
Download and install the app: “AR Sensor”
Open the app on your phone and with the camera focus on the Wi-Fi device you want to view, it can be a router, a computer, a smartphone and observe how the different electromagnetic fields are arranged.Subunit 3
- explain the characteristics of the tracking methods of the displayed elements, as well as the various software development kits (SDKs) used to create AR applications.In this exercise, we will assemble augmented reality glasses. we will need these glasses . some CDs . cyanoacrylate adhesive . mobile phone . time and desire. In the next video you will be able to see how to make our augmented reality glasses, the only difference that will be according to ours is that the plastic material is sent for laser cutting, we will remember them from some old CD or DVD case we have at home.
In this second video, we can see how to create augmented reality glasses in a very similar way to the previous one, the difference is in the use of cardboard to mount the phone and some lenses that will allow for more optimal focusing.
Subunit 4 - Teoritical background about programming tools
Objectives: Know the software tools (SDK) for creating AR applications