Now that I have identified some key areas of AR that I would like to exploit for my project, I now need to think of a few ideas that can use these techniques to create a new AR product. The two areas that I most want to exploit are the practical uses of AR as shown by the Priority Mail AR Simulator and also the 360 degree rotation possibilities provided by the use of AR on a horizontal plane. From these I currently have two possible ideas.
The first idea is of an AR gallery. The user could use the tool to browse through a number of different artworks, particuarly sculptures, which the user could rotate using the matrix marker, to get a better view of the entire work. This could be used in an educational format for art students to get a good look at important pieces of art without having to go directly to a gallery. This idea however does not have much scope as it does not provide the user with much of an extension of the real world if at a small size, and would also have a negative effect on real world galleries. However this may be a more viable project if the art was to be introduced to the environment at its real life size, so that users could turn their rooms into an art gallery. This would be better done if using AR glasses rather than a webcam as users would have more mobility to interact with the artworks.
The second idea is a game based on a 3D object produced in AR which requires the user to be able to rotate the shape 360 degrees in order to solve a puzzle or problem. This would be more viable as it would rely on the 360 degree rotation capability of AR but is not very practical as it would only be used for entertainment purposes.
One example like this but much more in depth is the game LevelHeads shown in the video below:
This game is really well thought out but uses a slightly different technique to my idea in that it uses a cube of matrix markers rather than just one.
Either of these ideas therefore need to be developed further for them to be viable for this project. I think the next step in sorting out my idea for this project is to do a full brainstorm of possibilities to try and find elements that could be interesting and useful for my project which I can build an idea from.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
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