IDAT 204 - FLARToolKit Testing

#bdat To be able to implement my AR orrery I will need to get my model working as part of a 2D matrix marker based AR tool.  In order to do this I can use the FLARToolKit a free Flash based application that uses collada based models and matrix marker recognition to create augmented reality.  I therefore have to make sure I am able to use this tool kit and implement my own models to ensure that my project will be successful. 

The first step in trying to achieve this was to download the FLARToolKit and look at how the code worked in terms of choosing the model and pattern for the AR to work.  This was a basically simple task as the model is selected through a reference to a file path at the beginning of the code.  I therefore then went and produced a simple model in Blender which I could export as a Collada file and then apply to the FLARToolkit code.  The following was the result I achieved:

The test carried out in the video above also included a small amount of animation although this is not obvious from the video.  This animation also worked fine and so the results I have obtained from my FLARtoolkit test are promising for the rest of my project.