ARTiFICe - Augmented Reality Framework for Distributed Collaboration

By Annette Mossel, Christian Schönauer, Georg Gerstweiler, and Hannes Kaufmann

Abstract

This paper introduces a flexible and powerful software framework based on an off the shelf game engine which is used to develop distributed and collaborative virtual and augmented reality applications. We describe ARTiFICe´s flexible design and implementation and demonstrate its use in research and teaching where 97 students in 2 lab courses developed AR applications with it. Applications are presented on mobile, desktop and immersive systems using low cost 6-DOF input devices (Microsoft Kinect, Razer Hydra, SpaceNavigator), that we integrated into our framework.

Reference

A. Mossel, C. Schönauer, G. Gerstweiler, H. Kaufmann: "ARTiFICe - Augmented Reality Framework for Distributed Collaboration"; The International Journal of Virtual Reality, 11 (2012), 3; 1 - 7.

BibTeX

@article{TUW-210233,     author = {Mossel, Annette and Sch{\"o}nauer, Christian and Gerstweiler, Georg and Kaufmann, Hannes},     title = {ARTiFICe - Augmented Reality Framework for Distributed Collaboration},     journal = {The International Journal of Virtual Reality},     year = {2012},     volume = {11},     number = {3},     pages = {1--7},     url = {http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_210233.pdf} } Click into the text area and press Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C or ⌘+A/⌘+C to copy the BibTeX into your clipboard… or download the BibTeX.