Title :
ComposAR: An intuitive tool for authoring AR applications
Author :
Seichter, Hartmut ; Looser, Julian ; Billinghurst, Mark
Author_Institution :
Human Interface Technol. Lab. New Zealand, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch
Abstract :
This paper introduces ComposAR, a tool to allow a wide audience to author AR and MR applications. It is unique in that it supports both visual programming and interpretive scripting, and an immediate mode for runtime testing. ComposAR is written in Python which means the user interface and runtime behavior can be easily customized and third-party modules can be incorporated into the authoring environment. We describe the design philosophy and the resulting user interface, lessons learned and directions for future research.
Keywords :
augmented reality; authoring systems; graphical user interfaces; program testing; visual programming; ComposAR; Python; augmented reality; authoring tool; interpretive scripting; mixed reality; runtime testing; user interface; visual programming; Application software; Computer vision; Layout; Libraries; Programming environments; Prototypes; Runtime; User interfaces; Virtual reality; XML; H.5.1 [Multimedia Information Systems]: Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities; H.5.2 [User Interfaces]: Graphical user interfaces (GUI);
Conference_Titel :
Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2008. ISMAR 2008. 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2840-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2859-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637354
