Augmented Reality

Colleges and University Programs

• Georgia Tech's Augmented Environment Lab
• Augmented Reality Toolkit

Georgia tech has an interest in collaborating with developers and providing code for next-gen projects. They welcome outside contact. Blair MacIntyre is the faculty member in charge. Contact.

Augmented Reality Discussion Questions

Web and AR

• How does Web content need to evolve with AR (e.g. extensions to current Web technologies like CSS to support AR)?
• How might Web browsers need to evolve to become AR platforms?
• Are the current and planned device APIs sufficient to enable the Web to be used as an AR platform?
• Can the 3D Web be an effective platform for AR?
• Is the infrastructure in place to support AR on the Web?
• What are the potential synergies between between AR and Virtual Reality?
• Is there sufficient royalty-free, interoperable data available to make AR on the Web a reality?

User interfaces

• 3D interaction and gestural interface and how these interfaces map onto the Metaphor of the Web.
• How far can we stretch advanced UI techniques (e.g. 3D navigation) for building more immersive applications?
• What opportunities are offered by advanced display and immersive projection technology?
• What opportunities are there for innovative interaction such as haptics, audio, and other non visual interfaces?

Mobile AR

• What are the existing and emerging mobile AR development environments and toolkits?
• Are mobile tracking & sensing sufficient for AR?
• How can mobile presence and cognition be exploited by AR?.
• What are the latest developments in mobile widgets and mashups for AR?
• Can AR play a role in media adaptation and content filtering?

Evaluation of AR

• What user studies and evaluation is relevant to AR?
• What are the existing standard datasets and benchmarks for AR? (if any).
• Where are the gaps in the datasets and benchmarks that need to be filled for AR to become more widely available?
• What does an AR Web site look like for the visually disabled and what extensions would be required to current Web Accessibility techniques?

Standardization

• Is there a need for a common infrastructure for points of interest (such as common code/reference, a common database etc.)?
• What are the available languages for "augmenting" points of interest and what more may need to be standardized?
• What is the relationship between AR and linked data?