Title :
Situated documentaries: embedding multimedia presentations in the real world
Author :
Höllerer, Tobias ; Feiner, Steven ; Pavlik, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We describe an experimental wearable augmented reality system that enables users to experience hypermedia presentations that are integrated with the actual outdoor locations to which they are relevant. Our mobile prototype uses a tracked see-through head-worn display to overlay 3D graphics, imagery, and sound on top of the real world, and presents additional, coordinated material on a hand-held pen computer. We have used these facilities to create several situated documentaries that tell the stories of events that took place on our campus. We describe the software and hardware that underly our prototype system and explain the user interface that we have developed for it.
Keywords :
augmented reality; head-up displays; hypermedia; mobile computing; multimedia computing; notebook computers; user interfaces; 3D graphics; coordinated material; embedded multimedia presentations; hand-held pen computer; hardware; hypermedia presentations; imagery; outdoor locations; real world; situated documentaries; software; sound; tracked see-through head-worn display; user interface; wearable augmented reality system; Acoustic materials; Augmented reality; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Handheld computers; Hardware; Mobile computing; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Three dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1999. Digest of Papers. The Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0428-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1999.806664
