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Skyanchor: no latency anchoring of mid-air images onto real objects

Published: 28 November 2016 Publication History

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For glass-free mixed reality (MR), mid-air imaging is a promising way of superimposing a virtual image onto a real object. This demonstration particularly focuses on MR systems that manipulate virtual images with real objects. When you move the real object around, you will see the latency of the super-imposing system: the virtual image seems to follow after the object. This is the problem of temporal consistency caused by sensors and computational devices for geometrical consistency (position sensing). In order to avoid this problem, this paper proposes to separate the object-anchored imaging effect from the position sensing. Our proposal is a new kind of retro-reflective system called "SkyAnchor," which consists of only optical devices: two mirrors and an aerial-imaging plate. The system reflects light from a light source under the object and forms an image around the object. This optical solution cannot cause any latency in principle and is effective for higher reality of mixed reality applications. As for position sensing, we utilize a capacitive marker on the back of the bottom of the object and a touch panel. We have implemented an interactive application in which visual images apart from the object change in accordance with the position of the object.

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Ueda, Y., et al. 2014. HaptoMIRAGE: mid-air autostereoscopic display for seamless interaction with mixed reality environments. SIGGRAPH 2014 Posters. No.30.
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Yamamoto, H., et al. 2014. Floating display screen formed by AIRR (Aerial imaging by retro-reflection) for interaction in 3D space. In 2014 International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D), pp. 1--5.
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Kajita, H., et al. 2016. SkyAnchor: Optical Design for Anchoring Mid-air Images onto Physical Objects. User Interface Software and Technology Symposium 2016.

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    SA '16: SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Emerging Technologies
    November 2016
    28 pages
    ISBN:9781450345392
    DOI:10.1145/2988240
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    1. mid-air image
    2. mixed reality
    3. temporal consistency

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    December 5 - 8, 2016
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