MR Platform: a basic body on which mixed reality applications are built

Author

Uchiyama, Shinji ; Takemoto, Kazuki ; Satoh, Kiyohide ; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ; Tamura, Hideyuki

Author_Institution

MR Syst. Lab., Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

320

Abstract

This paper describes a platform package, called "MR Platform," which we have been implementing for research and development of augmented reality technology and applications. This package includes a parallax-less stereo video see-through HMD and a software development kit (SDK) for a Linux PC environment. The SDK is composed of a C++ class library for making runtime MR applications and related utilities such as a camera calibration tool. By using the SDK, the following functions are available: capturing video, handling a six degree-of-freedom (DOF) sensor, image processing such as color detection, estimating head position and orientation, displaying the real world image, and calibrating sensor placement and camera parameters of two cameras mounted on the HMD.

Keywords

C++ language; Unix; augmented reality; calibration; helmet mounted displays; image processing; object-oriented programming; programming environments; software libraries; C++ class library; Linux; MR Platform; PC environment; augmented reality; camera calibration tool; color detection; head position estimation; image processing; mixed reality applications; parallax-less stereo video see-through HMD; platform package; research and development; six degree-of-freedom sensor; software development kit; video capture; Application software; Augmented reality; Cameras; Image sensors; Linux; Packaging; Programming; Research and development; Software packages; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2002. ISMAR 2002. Proceedings. International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1781-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2002.1115095

Filename

1115095