AMIRE

From EuroVR Knowledge Base

Full name
Authoring Mixed Reality - AMIRE
Acronym
AMIRE
Website
http://www.amire.net
Keywords
2D/3D registration for matching real and virtual worlds
Budget
Start date
1/1/2002
End date
1/1/2004



Contents

Partners

  • [[LABEIN (Spain), Siemens Business Services C-LAB (Germany), Fraunhofer AGC (Germany), Polytechnic University of Hagenberg (Austria), OMV AG (Austria), Guggenheim Bilbao Museum (Spain), Talent Code OY (Finland), Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (Germany).]]

Funding Bodies

Contact

  • [[LABEIN

Edificio 700 Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia Derio (Bizkaia) SPAIN Email: maseda@labein.es Web:

Tel: +34946073300 Fax: +34946073349 (mailto:useremail@useremail)

Objectives

AMIRE tries to develop a tool for MR applications that can be used by media experts: no low-level programming, is consistent with currently used tools for media creation and is easy to use: Visual Interface

Main Results

  • Applicative results

Framework for Mixed Reality Graphical User Interface for Authoring Mixed Reality Library of detected gems and other own developed Library of components to create applications

  • Other results

Lessons learned: Authoring process requires PC workstation Composed application runs on less demanding hardware (Tablet PC, PDA) Additional Components may require low-level programming Tracking system is crucial for MR applications

End Users

Evaluation Methodologies

Design Approach

Publications

  • Requirements for Using Mixed Reality in Museums,

Träskbäck M. and Nieminen M. Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. First Research Workshop on Augmented Virtual Reality. AVIR 2003. University of Geneva, Switzerland September 18-19, 2003.

  • Authoring Mixed Reality. A Component and Framework-Based Approach

Ralf Dörner, Fraunhofer AGC; Christian Geiger, FH Harz; Michael Haller, FH Hagenberg, MTD; Volker Paelke, C-LAB. First International Workshop on Entertainment Computing (IWEC 2002) May 14 - 17, 2002. Makuhari, Chiba, JAPAN

  • AMIRE - Authoring Mixed Reality, Grimm P., Haller M., Paelke V., Reinhold S., Reimann C., Zauner J., The First IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, 29 September, 2002.Darmstadt, GERMANY

Application & Research Areas

Technical Areas

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