• Introduction to Augmented Reality (gotoandlearn.com)

• FlarToolkit/Flash Augmented Reality Getting Started (mikkoh.com)

• Getting Started with Augmented Reality / FLARToolKit (marcpelland.com)

• FLARToolkit Homepage

• ARToolkit Marker Generator (flash.tarotaro.org)

Augmented Reality Technology Overview

• Augmented Reality Wikipedia Entry

• “The Reality of Augmented Reality” (laboratory4.com)

Experience it Yourself!

• Follow the instructions below the video.

Do you have a webcam?

• If so, you can try it out.
• First, print out this marker (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
• Plug in your webcam
• Once the application starts, allow flash to access your camera when it asks, and hold the printed symbol in front of the webcam

Click Here to Begin

See More Augmented Reality Demos

Experience it Yourself!

• Follow the instructions below the video.

Do you have a webcam?

• If so, you can try it out.
• First, print out this marker (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
• Plug in your webcam
• Once the application starts, allow flash to access your camera when it asks, and hold the printed symbol in front of the webcam

Click Here to Begin

See More Augmented Reality Demos

Experience it Yourself!

• Follow the instructions below the videos.

Do you have a webcam?

• If so, you can try it out.
• First, print out this marker (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
• Plug in your webcam
• Once the application starts, allow flash to access your camera when it asks, and hold the printed symbol in front of the webcam

Click Here to Begin

See More Augmented Reality Demos

Experience it Yourself!

• Follow the instructions below the videos.

Do you have a webcam?

• If so, you can try it out.
• First, print out this marker (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
• Plug in your webcam
• Once the application starts, allow flash to access your camera when it asks, and hold the printed symbol in front of the webcam

Click Here to Begin

See More Augmented Reality Demos

• Augmented Reality Fashion Show

• Augmented Reality Pets

• Augmented Reality Business Card

• Augmented Reality Explosions

Here are video captures of the performances.

This promotion is an excellent example of using innovative technology and engaging content to capture audience attention. Simultaneously, it provides a unique avenue for artists to promote their music and live shows.

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that has been around for quite a while, primarily in the academic and research domains. Recently, its mainstream presence has increased due to the development of the Flash version of the Augmented Reality Toolkit (FLARToolkit). The ARToolkit was developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato with Dr. Mark Billinghurst at the University of Washington’s Human Interface Technology Lab (HITLAB) over ten years ago.

In 2000-2001, I led a team which modified the original C based ARToolkit to work on 3D accelerated desktop Windows PC’s. We used the toolkit to develop interactive augmented reality projections for the band Duran Duran’s live concert tour. Here’s a video of ARToolkit effects that we used in the live shows.

The project was documented in this presentation at the 2002 Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop:

Jarrell Pair, Jeff Wilson, Jeff Chastine, Maribeth Gandy. “The Duran Duran Project: The Augmented Reality Toolkit in Live Performance”. The First IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, 2002. Download PDF