Metaio Adds Gravity To Their Augmented Reality Platform
German augmented reality firm Metaio showcased some updates to their core technologies today at this year’s ISMAR conference in Basel, Switzerland. The company is documenting this update with out-takes from some highly technical white papers and also, thankfully, with a few video demonstrations (for the algorithm-ly challenged out there – like me).
The basic gist of this update to their core augmented reality capability is that the company have been able to create AR technology advancements on 3 fronts:
- Gravity awareness
- Ability to recognize 3D objects
- Occlusion of virtual objects (e.g. when real objects in the viewing space pass in front of a virtual object, that virtual object becomes invisible or occluded, as a real object would)
There is some pretty serious math involved, so check out the white papers when they eventually post at metaio.com for more detail. If you are like me, just watch the videos and smile at the shiny objects.
I was able to see a preview of the occlusion capability while at the insideAR conference in Munich in September, so check out my own companion video to see how they are using the Kinect to map depths and occlude virtual objects.
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For more info see the official press release