[OSGeo-Discuss] Augmented Reality working group?

[Cameron Shorter]

Apparently this email didn't make it though to these lists, so I'm 
resending it.

Jan Kolar wrote:
> Cameron, thanks for hearing from you again --- visiting Sydney was just
> great!
> I definitely wish to discuss my project further, especially if there is
> any potential interest in it.
> 
> GRIFINOR deals with, or is at least closely related to, what Mike and
> Tyler call “first person, augmented video views of geo-data” or
> “geo-augmented reality”. Purpose of GRIFINOR is to provide a technology
> for serving a 3D model of the real planet Earth in a single geocentric
> coordinate system. Important addition to this is that the model can be
> distributed over hosts on network and is suitable for instant 3D visual
> applications.
> 
> Aspects of such technology stand for a complex subject. But I am really
> into it. I have tried to sum-up principal issues addressed by GRIFINOR in
> an article appearing in:
> http://www.springer.com/east/home/default?SGWID=5-40356-22-173670408-0
> Let me know if you would like to read it. I will provide you with that.
> 
> Regarding the project itself, we are currently in a transformation process
> to independence from Aalborg University, and we should be online (very)
> soon.
> 
> --Jan
> 
> 
>>I recently met up with Jan Kolar when he was in Sydney.
>>
>>He has been doing some very interesting research into 3D modelling,
>>including some impressive 3D modeling software.
>>
>>He wants to Open Source his work and was quizzing me about the best ways
>>to build an Open Source community.
>>
>>More at:
>>http://www.grifinor.net
>>
>>Jan,
>>I'll let you discuss your project further if you wish.
>>
>>Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>>On 10-Oct-06, at 5:48 AM, Andrew Larcombe wrote on Geowanking list:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mike Liebhold wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Also, I'm particularly interested in 'first person',  heads-up,
>>>>>augmented video views of geodata,
>>>>
>>>>Amen to that. One of the key things that is hardly ever addressed  in
>>>>the
>>>>technical geospatial world is the appropriateness of the simple
>>>>cartesian representation of space. However, phenomenologists from
>>>>Heidegger onward argue that this isn't how we actually experience our
>>>>world. 'first person' views (either synthesised or from video) can
>>>>help
>>>>us, along with things like viewsheds etc, to understand spatiality at
>>>>the level of man.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm with both of you!  I am interested in starting a geo-augmented
>>>reality working group so we can at least kick around some of these
>>>ideas.  Anyone else interested?
>>>
>>>Personally, I would like to see open source geospatial tools be
>>>implemented in the 'true' 3D sphere - true meaning real world
>>>coordinates for augmented reality so they can be an important part of
>>>future solutions.  I think we do have a lot to learn from the 3D  gaming
>>>folks, etc. but I wonder where/how us vs them are reinventing  the
>>>wheel?
>>>
>>>A few articles from my memory...
>>>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2300 - I rant a  bit
>>>in the first comment after the article
>>>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2038 - a bit on  the
>>>OGC spec for 3D web services (W3DS)
>>>
>>>Anyone got any bright ideas for bridging the augment/virtual reality
>>>groups with our geospatial goodness plus some of our GIS analytics.   I
>>>would love to chat more... how about a working group?
>>>
>>>Tyler
>>>
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>>
>>--
>>Cameron Shorter
>>http://cameron.shorter.net
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