The Studierstube Augmented Reality Project

Abstract

Our starting point for developing the Studierstube system was the belief that augmented reality, the less obtrusive cousin of virtual reality, has a better chance of becoming a viable user interface for applications requiring manipulation of complex three-dimensional information as a daily routine. In essence, we are searching for a 3-D user interface metaphor as powerful as the desktop metaphor for 2-D. At the heart of the Studierstube system, collaborative augmented reality is used to embed computer-generated images into the real work environment. In the first part of this paper, we review the user interface of the initial Studierstube system, in particular the implementation of collaborative augmented reality, and the Personal Interaction Panel, a two-handed interface for interaction with the system. In the second part, an extended Studierstube system based on a heterogeneous distributed architecture is presented. This system allows the user to combine multiple approaches - augmented reality, projection displays, and ubiquitous computing - to the interface as needed. The environment is controlled by the Personal Interacti Panel, a twohanded, pen-and-pad interface that has versatile uses for interacting with the virtual environment. Studierstube also borrows elements from the desktop, such as multitasking and multi-windowing. The resulting software architecture is a user interface management system for complex augmented reality applications. The presentation is complemented by selected application examples

Virtual and Augmented Reality on the 5G Highway

“…In addition to standalone virtual technologies, early examples of networked and/or collaborative AR systems started to come about in the early nineties, such as Studierstube [47] (Fig. 2, top) and Shared Space [7] (Fig.…”

Desenvolvimento de um sistema para demonstração da projeção de Monge utilizando realidade aumentada

“…Nesse instituto foi desenvolvido o sistema pioneiro para ensino utilizando a realidade aumentada denominado Studierstube [14]. Questões técnicas de oclusão em ambientes colaborativos de realidade aumentada já eram abordadas no final da década de 1990 [15] nesse instituto, bem como nos Estados Unidos, no Laboratório de Tecnologias de Interfaces Humanas [16].…”

A survey of mobile and wireless technologies for augmented reality systems

“…Schmalstieg et al [45] introduced the "Studierstube" collaborative AR platform, based on a heterogeneous distributed architecture. Studierstube's software development environment has been realized as a collection of C+ + classes built initially on top of the Open Inventor (OIV) scenegraph toolkit and later on top of Coin3D.…”