Talk:Augmented Reality

Always thought it would be cool to put users inside their favorite classic show/scenes.

In summary:

1. motion tracking to stick someone into their favorite show/scene... and if possible
2. something like a combination of the inserted scene and subservient chicken using "branches of possible dialogue" and basic speech recognition, making it more like a game.

Here are some examples of some innovative stuff one of the leaders in Canadian interactive Flash (Grant Skinner) has done to show its possible:

• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#nissancam
• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#dynamickeying
• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#colortracking2
• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#camwriter2
• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#mister
• http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#wizardball

Some tutorials on related topics:

• http://blog.joa-ebert.com/2006/10/10/real-time-background-substraction/
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html?PID=4176632
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/augmented_reality.html

Speech Recognition stuff optional:

• http://www.speechapi.com/demos/home/
• http://www.umanify.com/index.php/umanify-demos/
• http://javadz.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/42/