Augmented postcard

Aleš Bernik (2012) Augmented postcard. EngD thesis.

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Abstract

The aim of this thesis is the examination of augmented reality technology, which allows us mixing real and virtual elements. Augmented reality is a relatively new technology which is becoming more widespread, thanks to a fairly reasonable price of smart phones. Here we presents the types of augmented reality, the necessary technology and their advantages and disadvantages, its current use in applications, and software for building augmented reality applications. The thesis is mainly focused on augmented reality using the markers. Marker is an artificial structure that is used for tracking and proper registration of virtual objects. In the last chapter we make simple web application augmented postcard. This aplication on the postcard with the marker shows some object which is tipical for postcard. We also examine how the postcard can look like, what kind of marker can be used, how big can be and where we can put it.

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