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Augmented reality for beginners

By kesava on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 17:02
Hi,this is kesava, i had a question that by using qualcomm we can develop any type of application like image recognization and gps based?

The QCAR SDK only supports image-based tracking. That means you need a known image to point the device at and track off of. It does not use device sensors or GPS to do location-based tracking. - Kim

Hello,i had some picture with me, consider this picture as marker, In that picture i had one person and one chain, so that i need to detect that chain itself present in the live video how can i done it. please provide any libraries that supports this type of recognization so that it will help me .

Sorry, the QCAR SDK does not do image recognition; that is, it cannot pull components out of your image for you. If the picture is known ahead of time, couldn't you just map out the coordinates of the chain yourself? It would help us if we knew what you were trying to accomplish.

i mean to say that i need to use qualcomm ar sdk, so that i will use the android mobile phone , for tracking the image and placing virtual things i need to use some language, can u tell me which language should i use for the qualcomm ar sdk, plz let me know

You can write most of your application in C/C++. You may also find it helpful to write a little Java, if you want to leverage the Android SDK in any way (for touch handling, sound, etc.) You use the JNI (Java Native Interface) to communicate between the two.

The entire AR application runs on the mobile phone. It renders live video in the background (from the device's camera), performs tracking, and renders your content on the targets. The entire AR experience takes place on the device. - Kim