[From Digital Arts (“comprehensive coverage of the art of graphic design, 3D, animation, video, effects, web and interactive design, in print and online”); the Virtual Box Simulator is here]
AKQA and Skive show off augmented reality projects using Adobe Flash
Tuesday 13 Oct 2009
I just got back from the Adobe Max conference in Los Angeles and I am very excited. There was a lot to be impressed about and one of the technologies getting a lot of attention was augmented reality (AR).
AR is the technique of overlaying graphics on an image of the real world such that the graphics enhance and recontextualize the scene. AR has been used for years in the military in heads-up displays in fighter aircraft where the pilot’s view is enhanced with markers highlighting other aircraft (note that data such as airspeed that is also shown on heads-up displays is not, strictly speaking, augmented reality as it is not an integrated part of the visualize context of the scene).… read more. “Practical AR: Virtual Box Simulator”