xRの世界 | The world of xR (xReality)

拡張現実 Augmented Realty/仮想現実 Virtual Reality/複合現実 Mixed Reality の技術がもたらす DX(デジタルトランスフォーメーション)

Exploiting Sensors on Mobile Phones to Improve Wide-Area Localization - 広域に景色を認識することで自然にオブジェクトが移動する

画像認氏を広域に行なう技術を使用することで、広いエリアを自然に3Dの宇宙船が移動している。


Authors:Clemens Arth, Alessandro Mulloni, Dieter Schmalstieg

In this paper, we discuss how the sensors available in modern smartphones can improve 6-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) localization in wide-area environments. In our research, we focus on phones as a platform for largescale Augmented Reality (AR) applications. Thus, our aim is to estimate the position and orientation of the device accurately and fast -- it is unrealistic to assume that users are willing to wait tenths of seconds before they can interact with the application. We propose supplementing vision methods with sensor readings from the compass and accelerometer available in most modern smartphones. We evaluate this approach on a largescale reconstruction of the city center of Graz, Austria. Our results show that our approach improves both accuracy and localization time, in comparison to an existing localization approach based solely on vision. We finally conclude our paper with a real-world validation of the approach on an iPhone 4S.

(via YouTube CDLHandheldAR)