The 4th trend that defined AWE 2014 was:
From GPS-based experience to 3D –fying the world.
The first AR demo on a smartphone in 2008 was based on GPS and it wowed the world. For some nostalgia, here’s that first demonstration on a hill in Austria showing a castle 3 km away with an info bubble extracted from Wikipedia…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EA8xlicmT8]But when we tried it in urban areas or worse indoors – we realized GPS is not accurate enough and it significantly detracted from the experience.
But now all of a sudden we have in our hands the tools to map and sense the world in 3D. This is a hugely important factor to make the world a more interactive place!
Check out these talks from AWE 2014 looking at different ways to map the world.
Mapping Spaces
Matt Bell – Founder, Matterport
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt5UaDBAIEg]
Mapping spaces and objects
Jeff Powers – CoFounder and CEO, Occipital Structure Sensor -
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6UE61ekF34]
Mapping for Navigation
Oriel Bergig – Head R&D, Flyby Media
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfL3VwyV6nI]
Clemens Kirner – Founder, Insider Navigation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCspeFqSaAY]
Projection Mapping on the Real world
Phillippe Bergeron – CEO, PaintScaping
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcYMh2Eig18]
For 135 more AWE 2014 videos visit our YouTube Channel at: YouTube.com/AugmentedRealityOrg/Videos
