BurnAR: Feel the heat

Author

Weir, Peter ; Sandor, Christian ; Swoboda, Matt ; Thanh Nguyen ; Eck, Ulrich ; Reitmayr, Gerhard ; Dey, Anamika

Author_Institution

Magic Vision Lab., Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

332

Abstract

Augmented Reality systems that run interactively and in real time, using high quality graphical displays and sensational cues, can create the illusion of virtual objects appearing to be real. This paper presents the design and implementation of BurnAR, a demonstration which enables users to experience the illusion of seeing their own hands burning, which we achieve by overlaying virtual flames and smoke on their hands. Surprisingly, some users reported an involuntary warming sensation of their hands.

Keywords

augmented reality; flames; smoke; user interfaces; BurnAR; augmented reality system; graphical display; involuntary warming sensation; sensational cue; user experience; virtual flame; virtual object illusion; virtual smoke; Augmented reality; Cameras; Image color analysis; Image segmentation; Streaming media; USA Councils; H.5.1. [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems—[Artificial; augmented and virtual realities] H.1.2. [Information Systems]: Models and Principles—[Human factors];

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4660-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4661-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2012.6402599

Filename

6402599