IDAT 204 - AR Evaluation

Overall I am quite happy with the outcome of my augmented reality project.  The project providesthe user with a range of information on the solar system and allows the user to investigate the solar system and its planets using the flexibility provided by augmented reality such as 360 degree rotation.  However there are a few problems with the tool, and ways in which it could be improved.  Firstly the main solar system section was planned to be animated so that the user could watch the solar system in action.  Although the model I made is animated the amount of data the tollkit has to cope with for this seems to be an issue as the animation does not really run.  This does not prevent the user from investigating the solar system, but does mean that it provides less information and so does not quite meet the original specification for the tool.  Another problem with the tool is the size of the solar system section.  In order for it to be usable the system has to be quite small but this makes it difficult to see the various elements of the solar system.  This is a bit of a design flaw and would have to take some more consideration into how to design the tool to make this better. 
Both of these problems could be improved for the future.  There are also other elements that could be improved.  The asteroid belt that is also part of the solar system is missing from my model and so if I were to improve the tool I would probably include this.  I also intended to create better planet rings for Saturn and Uranus in my model using particles, but in the end decided not to as I could not get the right look for this. I could therefore work on this some more if I was to use improve the tool.  As well as this I did not end up recreating the toolkit marker to make it more relevant to my tool so to make my tool a more well rounded product I could also change this.
Apart from these minor changes that could be made however I have managed to design and implement a successful working augmented reality tool for educational uses, and so am happy with what I have produced for this project.