Bridging multiple user interface dimensions with augmented reality

Second surface

“…There are projects that introduce spatially aware display which supports collaborative virtual environment in real space [George 1993] [Poupyrev et al 1998] [Michael et al 2003] [Schmalstieg et al 2000]. However, the platform is designed to work in a system spatial operating environment based on special settings or devices such as VICON system or external video camera, and does not support interaction in everyday settings.…”

An object-oriented software architecture for 3D mixed reality applications

“…The Studierstube system [28] is a framework for distributed 3D applications. It is based on a tracker abstraction [25], and a distributed version of Open Inventor [11].…”

ARWin - a desktop augmented reality Window Manager

“…For application interaction, ARWin, similar to [7], generates proximity events. Objects which contain useful metadata are called data containers and are represented by an orange arrow.…”

“…We rely on work advancing vision-based tracking and tangible interfaces [3], migration of 2D windows into 3D environments [6], 3D data visualization [5], and 3D AR workspaces [7]. We are using concepts from Windows on the World [2], to integrate legacy 2D applications in the augmented environment, as well as the Tiles system [3], to provide a tangible interface to our augmented components.…”

“…The result is a novel generic application architecture for general purpose computing. While AR lends itself very well to multi-user collaborative work [1,7], our scenario purposefully focuses on support of the single-user case, which is how most computer users spend the majority of their time.…”