Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/197439/1207.0203v1.pdf

Internet of Things (IoT): A vision, architectural elements, and future directions

This paper surveys the field of augmented reality AR, in which 3D virtual objects are integrated into a 3D real environment in real time. It describes the medical, manufacturing, visualization, path planning, entertainment, and military applications that have been explored. This paper describes the characteristics of augmented reality systems, including a detailed discussion of the tradeoffs between optical and video blending approaches. Registration and sensing errors are two of the biggest problems in building effective augmented reality systems, so this paper summarizes current efforts to overcome these problems. Future directions and areas requiring further research are discussed. This survey provides a starting point for anyone interested in researching or using augmented reality.

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A survey of augmented reality

From the Publisher: 
A Question of Identity 
Life on the Screen is a fascinating and wide-ranging investigation of the impact of computers and networking on society, peoples' perceptions of themselves, and the individual's relationship to machines. Sherry Turkle, a Professor of the Sociology of Science at MIT and a licensed psychologist, uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, "bots," virtual reality, and "the on-line way of life." 
Turkle's discussion of postmodernism is particularly enlightening. She shows how postmodern concepts in art, architecture, and ethics are related to concrete topics much closer to home, for example AI research (Minsky's "Society of Mind") and even MUDs (exemplified by students with X-window terminals who are doing homework in one window and simultaneously playing out several different roles in the same MUD in other windows). Those of you who have (like me) been turned off by the shallow, pretentious, meaningless paintings and sculptures that litter our museums of modern art may have a different perspective after hearing what Turkle has to say. 
This is a psychoanalytical book, not a technical one. However, software developers and engineers will find it highly accessible because of the depth of the author's technical understanding and credibility. Unlike most other authors in this genre, Turkle does not constantly jar the technically-literate reader with blatant errors or bogus assertions about how things work. Although I personally don't have time or patience for MUDs,view most of AI as snake-oil, and abhor postmodern architecture, I thought the time spent reading this book was an extremely good investment.

스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet

物件導向軟體之架構(Object-Oriented Software Construction)探討

In this poster, we describe a framework and toolkit (Ethereal) for creating spatially adaptive content based on complex spatial and visual metrics in augmented reality, and demonstrate our approach with an illustrative example.

Ethereal: a toolkit for spatially adaptive augmented reality content

Many augmented reality (AR) applications require a seamless blending of real and virtual content as key to increased immersion and improved user experiences. Photorealistic and non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) are two ways to achieve this goal. Compared with photorealistic rendering, NPR stylizes both the real and virtual content and makes them indistinguishable. Maintaining temporal coherence is a key challenge in NPR. We propose a NPR framework with support for temporal coherence by leveraging model-space information. Our systems targets painterly rendering styles of NPR. There are three major steps in this rendering framework for creating coherent results: tensor field creation, brush anchor placement, and brush stroke reshaping. To achieve temporal coherence for the final rendered results, we propose a new projection-based surface sampling algorithm which generates anchor points on model surfaces. The 2D projections of these samples are uniformly distributed in image space for optimal brush stroke placement. We also propose a general method for averaging various properties of brush stroke textures, such as their skeletons and colors, to further improve the temporal coherence. We apply these methods to both static and animated models to create a painterly rendering style for AR. Compared with existing image space algorithms our method renders AR with NPR effects with a high degree of coherence.

http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/ismar/2012/4660/00/06402552.pdf

A non-photorealistic rendering framework with temporal coherence for augmented reality

It is generally acknowledged that the virtual event platforms of today do not perform satisfactorily at what is arguably their most important function: providing attendees with a sense of social presence. Social presence is the “sense of being with another” and can include ways of knowing who is in the virtual space, how others are reacting to what is happening in the space, an awareness of others’ activities and availability, and an idea of how to connect with them. Issues around presence and awareness have been perennial topics in the CHI and CSCW communities for decades. Nevertheless, the time feels ripe for a new effort with a special focus on larger-scale virtual events, given the accelerated pace of change in the socio-technological landscape and the tremendous potential impact that new insights could now have. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry with a shared interest in improving the experience of virtual events to exchange insights and hopefully energize an ongoing community effort in this area.

Social Presence in Virtual Event Spaces

Academic/Research Overview of Mobile Augmented Reality Introduction to the Qualcomm AR Platform — Features and Usage Scenarios Developing Mobile AR Applications using Qualcomm's Unity Extension Introduction to Qualcomm's QCAR SDK Native API Cross Platform Development with the Native QCAR SDK

Blair MacIntyre

Papers

Ethereal: a toolkit for spatially adaptive augmented reality content

A non-photorealistic rendering framework with temporal coherence for augmented reality

Social Presence in Virtual Event Spaces

Building your vision with Qualcomm's Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) platform: AR on mobile devices

A Touring Hachine: Prototgping 3D Hobite Augmented Reatitg Sgstems for Exptoring the Urban Environment