Augmented Reality comes to flash with FLARToolKit
Things like this is why I started programming, it is the endless possibilities and the fact that we can now merge the reality with virtality. While the idea of augmented reality has been around for a while, it is not until recently that we could really start working with it at a personal level. I’ve finally found the time to play around with it, and there are several great resources around to get you started too. I’ve started learning it and learning how to use FLARToolKit along with papervision3D. I can tell you that my mind is spinning with possibilities and that I will be looking more into this in the future.
First thing I thought of was this would be great for kids, seems like playstation thinks so too. And this guy as well. How about baseball cards? Look at this. How about adding air? No, not Adobe Air, but actually blowing into your microphone to make windmills spin! Check this out.
Augmented reality has arrived to flash and there is definitely some coolness, now let’s find the business to it. I’ll post future experiments and findings on this here, so stay tuned. I haven’t checked to see if the adult industry found this yet, they usually push technology advancements….
Here are links to get you started:
http://saqoosha.net/en/flartoolkit/start-up-guide/
http://saqoosha.net/en/2009/02/02/1694/
ARToolKit Marker Generator
Lee’s tutorial
Mikko’s tutorial