Augmented  Reality Project

1. Introduction 

For the theme of the assignment, I chose the theme of sightseeing. I had already felt the 360° sightseeing experience in the previous VR, and it was wonderful. So, this time I chose to experience it through AR. It allows visitors to feel and experience the unique charm of the local natural landscape in a simple way.

2. Description of the application

This application is mainly about the New York City streetscape, by scanning the image of New York City, after clicking the virtual button will appear the whole city mini-model, and through the UI button can be simple zoom interaction function and close the model. Through these interactions, visitors get an overview of the entire city of New York, including several famous buildings and city parks. The introduction displayed next to the model can also include a welcome message or be replaced with a brief history of the city, which will give visitors a better understanding of the city's humanities.

3. Interaction Design

As an application that shows the cityscape to visitors, I think it should have some basic display interactions. For example, information about the city, zooming in and out for the display model, etc.

Next is the storyboard when I design, from entering the application to some interactions.

The app starts running when a tourist scans a photo of New York City.

After the system finishes scanning and reading, a virtual button will appear at the bottom right of the image.

After the visitor presses a virtual button (a button that obscures the display in the screen), a reduced model of New York City appears and begins to rotate.Also accompanying the welcome message appears on the right side of the model.

Also on the left side in the screen, visitors can see three UI buttons. They are zoom in, zoom out and close respectively.

4. Technical Development 

This application uses AR technology to present the user with a beautiful view of the whole city by importing the Vuforia engine and adding the AROCamera and ImageTarget objects. With several different interaction methods, visitors can do it in a short time and have a simple and intuitive understanding of the whole city.

5. Descriptions of 3D Models 

The main MODEL used in this application is the miniature view of the city.

References

【1】Real New York City Vol. 2 | 3D Urban | Unity Asset Store n.d., assetstore.unity.com, viewed 15 September 2022

‌【2】 Vuforia Interaction Tutorial Slides -Augmented Reality Tutorial - Vuforia Interaction And With help from Lindsay Wells.

【3】Twisting Coding Reference to simulate the rotation and revolution of the sun, earth and moon

https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/356017911