An architecture for outdoor wearable computers to support augmented reality and multimedia applications

Author

Piekarski, Wayne ; Thomas, Bruce ; Hepworth, David ; Gunther, Bernard ; Demczuk, Victor

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of South Australia, The Levels, SA, Australia

fYear

1999

fDate

36495

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

73

Abstract

This paper describes an architecture to support a hardware and software platform for research into the use of wearable computers and augmented reality in an outdoor environment. The architecture supports such devices as a GPS, compass, and head-mounted display. A prototype system was built to support novel applications by drawing graphics (such as maps, building plans, and compass bearings) on the head-mounted display, projecting information over that normally seen by the user and hence augmenting a user´s perception of reality. This paper presents a set of novel augmented reality and multimedia applications operated in an outdoor environment

Keywords

augmented reality; computer displays; multimedia systems; portable computers; GPS; augmented reality; compass; drawing graphics; head-mounted display; multimedia applications; outdoor wearable computers; prototype system; Application software; Augmented reality; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems, 1999. Third International Conference

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5578-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/KES.1999.820123

Filename

820123