David Joseph Murphy

Open and decentralized platform for visualizing web mash-ups in augmented and mirror worlds

Augmented reality applications are gaining popularity due to increased capabilities of modern mobile devices. However, existing applications are tightly integrated with backend services that expose content using proprietary interfaces. We demonstrate an architecture that allows visualization of web content in augmented and mirror world applications, based on open web protocols and formats. We describe two clients, one for creating virtual artifacts, web resources that bind together web content with location and a 3D model, and one that visualizes the virtual artifacts in the mirror world.

Enabling large-scale outdoor Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality

While there is significant recent progress in technologies supporting augmented reality for small indoor environments, there is still much work to be done for large outdoor environments. This workshop focuses primarily on research that enables high-quality outdoor Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These research topics include, but are not restricted to: — 3D geo-referenced data (images, point clouds, and models) — Algorithms for object recognition from large databases of geo-referenced data — Algorithms for object tracking in outdoor environment — Multi-cue fusion to achieve improved performance of object detection and tracking — Novel representation schemes to facilitate large-scale content distribution — 3D reasoning to support intelligent augmentation — Novel and improved mobile capabilities for data capture (device sensors), processing, and display — Applications, experiences, and user interface techniques. The workshop will also showcase existing prototypes of applications enabled by these technologies: mirror worlds, high-fidelity virtual environments, applications of panoramic imagery, and user studies relating to these media types. This workshop aims to bring together academic and industrial researchers and to foster discussion amongst participants on the current state of the art and future directions for technologies that enable large-scale outdoor MR and AR applications. The workshop will start with a session in which position statements and overviews of the state of the art are presented. In the afternoon, we will follow up with discussion sessions and a short closing session.