Author Archives: Nedim Slijepcevic

Generating 3D Models for Augmented Reality Projects with Xbox Kinect – Part 1.

Creating 3D models often requires hours of labor and knowledge of complex 3D modeling software. There is no way around it; if you want to create a 3D model of a specific object, you have to search for the model, … Continue reading

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Occupational Safety Scaffolding

We just posted another video produced with the help of AR. Professor Ron Dotson reviews OSHA regulations for scaffolding in this AR video. This video serves as a preview session for an assignment in OSH 379: Construction Safety. Check out … Continue reading

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Current State of AR

Three years have passed since GE astonished us with their Smart Grid flash based AR commercial. Since then, AR has been slowly being embraced as mainstream technology and was deployed on various devices and platforms. During the GE campaign, we saw … Continue reading

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Augmented Reality (AR) Solar System Magic Book

Updated version of this project can be found here: http://www.arined.org/?p=964 We created this project as an idea generator for further AR projects at Critical Thinking session at EKU. The content for this AR solar system was taken from NASA Web site … Continue reading

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Safety Audit and Document AR Project

This is another example of educational video produced with AR. Dr. Dunlap used previously created warehouse model to develop a student assignment around it (Safety audit and document).  There will be no posted files for this project as we already … Continue reading

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Consumer grade see through HMD glasses from Vuzix

We are a step closer to a consumer grade see through HMD’s this year with the upcoming product from Vuzix. Sean Buckley interviewed Vuzix engineers at CES 2012 and brought you this video: Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on … Continue reading

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GM Opens a New Window on Entertainment (and learning)

Anyone who’s driven through a god-forsaken wasteland like, say, west Texas with young children has glimpsed a corner of hell. The road is long and the scenery boring, a combination that can have your kids pushing you to the limits … Continue reading

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Augmented Reality Contact Lens

Can this be the holy grail of AR? Innovega was founded to change how you look at the world.  By enhancing your normal vision using special contact lenses, we make it possible for you to view virtual and augmented reality … Continue reading

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Physical Security Survey

Last few months have been extremely busy, but we did manage to complete two more AR projects. This week we are posting an augmented reality project which is a part of the instructional materials for the course project of APS … Continue reading

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Augmented Reality Solar System v1.0

We just launched our first Adobe Flash based augmented reality project titled “Augmented Reality Solar System v1.0“. The purpose of this project was to provide an Internet-based AR platform for people who are interested in learning or teaching Astronomy. For … Continue reading

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