New mobile phone app 'Popcode' adds virtual reality to real world objects (w/ Video)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 10:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Have you ever struggled to follow a set of assembly instructions for flat-pack furniture? Simon Taylor, a PhD student in Dr Tom Drummond's group, and Connell Gauld, a graduate of the MEng course in 2010, have been working on a framework for adding virtual content to real world objects. They can bring written instructions to life using a technique called Augmented Reality (AR).