Prototyping Augmented Reality
Published on 18. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-118-03663-1 (ISBN)
Description
Learn to create augmented reality apps using Processing open-source programming language
Augmented reality (AR) is used all over, and you may not even realize it. Smartphones overlay data onto live camera views to show homes for sale, restaurants, or historical sites. American football broadcasts use AR to show the invisible first-down line on the field to TV viewers. Nike and Budweiser, among others, have used AR in ads. Now, you can learn to create AR prototypes using 3D data, Processing open-source programming language, and other languages. This unique book is an easy-to-follow guide on how to do it.
* Guides you through the emerging technology of Augmented Reality (AR)
* Shows you how to use 3D data with the Processing programming environment and other languages to create AR prototypes for the web, smartphones, Macs, and PCs
* Helps 3D artists and designers who want to move into the AR market but don't have programming skills
* Covers the essentials of 3D programming, creating objects for an AR library, building and exporting 3D models, and much more
* Explains how to interactively link 3D to physical, virtual, and streaming environments
Author Tony Mullen is both an artist and a programmer and perfectly suited to explain how to bridge these two worlds, as he so deftly does in Prototyping with Augmented Reality.
Augmented reality (AR) is used all over, and you may not even realize it. Smartphones overlay data onto live camera views to show homes for sale, restaurants, or historical sites. American football broadcasts use AR to show the invisible first-down line on the field to TV viewers. Nike and Budweiser, among others, have used AR in ads. Now, you can learn to create AR prototypes using 3D data, Processing open-source programming language, and other languages. This unique book is an easy-to-follow guide on how to do it.
* Guides you through the emerging technology of Augmented Reality (AR)
* Shows you how to use 3D data with the Processing programming environment and other languages to create AR prototypes for the web, smartphones, Macs, and PCs
* Helps 3D artists and designers who want to move into the AR market but don't have programming skills
* Covers the essentials of 3D programming, creating objects for an AR library, building and exporting 3D models, and much more
* Explains how to interactively link 3D to physical, virtual, and streaming environments
Author Tony Mullen is both an artist and a programmer and perfectly suited to explain how to bridge these two worlds, as he so deftly does in Prototyping with Augmented Reality.
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Person
Tony Mullen, PhD, has a broad background in CG and programming. He teaches at Tsuda College in Tokyo, Japan, where his courses include Python programming, 3D modeling, and animation. He is the author of Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 3D for iPhone Apps with Blender and SIO2, Mastering Blender, and Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D, all from Sybex.
Content
Introduction xix
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Augmented Reality 1
What Is Augmented Reality? 2
Tools and Technologies 6
AR Necessities 7
Chapter 2 Introduction to Processing 13
The Processing Programming Environment 14
Drawing in Processing 19
Working with Classes 25
Chapter 3 Blender Modeling and Texturing Basics 33
Modeling with Blender 34
Baking a Smooth AO Texture 54
Creating a Finished Texture with GIMP 59
Chapter 4 Creating a Low-Poly Animated Character 69
Texturing Your Low-Poly Alien 70
Rigging the Model 75
Keying a Simple Walk Cycle 79
Chapter 5 3D Programming in Processing 87
The P3D and OpenGL Environments 88
Working with OBJ files 92
Simple Animation with OBJ Arrays 98
Chapter 6 Augmented Reality with Processing 103
The NyAR4psg Library 104
Digging into the Sample Code 107
Controlling Transformations with Multiple Markers 112
Chapter 7 Interacting with the Physical World 121
Physical Computing with Arduino 122
Sensors and Circuits 125
Communicating Between Arduino
and Processing 127
Chapter 8 Browser-Based AR with ActionScript and FLARManager 135
The FLARManager AR Toolset for ActionScript 136
Getting FLARManager Up and Running 137
Creating Your Own Projects 147
Chapter 9 Prototyping AR with jMonkeyEngine 165
Introducing JMonkeyEngine and ARMonkeyKit 166
Exploring ARMonkeyKit 174
Thoughts from the Developer 184
Chapter 10 Setting Up NyARToolkit for Android 189
Android and the Android SDK 190
NyARToolkit for Android 196
Going Further with Android 202
Appendix A From Blender 2.49 to Blender 2.58 207
Basics and Views 208
Mesh Modeling 211
Texturing, Baking, and Materials 213
Rigging and Animation 216
Appendix B File Formats and Exporting 221
Development Environments and File Formats 222
Exporting from Blender 223
Index 233
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Augmented Reality 1
What Is Augmented Reality? 2
Tools and Technologies 6
AR Necessities 7
Chapter 2 Introduction to Processing 13
The Processing Programming Environment 14
Drawing in Processing 19
Working with Classes 25
Chapter 3 Blender Modeling and Texturing Basics 33
Modeling with Blender 34
Baking a Smooth AO Texture 54
Creating a Finished Texture with GIMP 59
Chapter 4 Creating a Low-Poly Animated Character 69
Texturing Your Low-Poly Alien 70
Rigging the Model 75
Keying a Simple Walk Cycle 79
Chapter 5 3D Programming in Processing 87
The P3D and OpenGL Environments 88
Working with OBJ files 92
Simple Animation with OBJ Arrays 98
Chapter 6 Augmented Reality with Processing 103
The NyAR4psg Library 104
Digging into the Sample Code 107
Controlling Transformations with Multiple Markers 112
Chapter 7 Interacting with the Physical World 121
Physical Computing with Arduino 122
Sensors and Circuits 125
Communicating Between Arduino
and Processing 127
Chapter 8 Browser-Based AR with ActionScript and FLARManager 135
The FLARManager AR Toolset for ActionScript 136
Getting FLARManager Up and Running 137
Creating Your Own Projects 147
Chapter 9 Prototyping AR with jMonkeyEngine 165
Introducing JMonkeyEngine and ARMonkeyKit 166
Exploring ARMonkeyKit 174
Thoughts from the Developer 184
Chapter 10 Setting Up NyARToolkit for Android 189
Android and the Android SDK 190
NyARToolkit for Android 196
Going Further with Android 202
Appendix A From Blender 2.49 to Blender 2.58 207
Basics and Views 208
Mesh Modeling 211
Texturing, Baking, and Materials 213
Rigging and Animation 216
Appendix B File Formats and Exporting 221
Development Environments and File Formats 222
Exporting from Blender 223
Index 233