TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Mannuß, Florian
A1  - Bingel, Florian
A1  - Hinkenjann, André
T1  - Extending an Existing VR Software Framework to support AR Applications - With an Example from Physics Classes
JF  - SBC Journal on 3D Interactive Systems
N2  - We present our approach to extend a Virtual Reality software framework towards the use for Augmented Reality applications. Although VR and AR applications have very similar requirements in terms of abstract components (like 6DOF input, stereoscopic output, simulation engines), the requirements in terms of hardware and software vary considerably. In this article we would like to share the experience gained from adapting our VR software framework for AR applications. We will address design issues for this task. The result is a VR/AR basic software that allows us to implement interactive applications without fixing their type (VR or AR) beforehand. Switching from VR to AR is a matter of changing the configuration file of the application. We also give an example of the use of the extended framework: Augmenting the magnetic field of bar magnets in physics classes. We describe the setup of the system and the real-time calculation of the magnetic field, using a GPU.
KW  - Augmented Reality
KW  - Virtual Reality
KW  - Software Framework
KW  - Software Architecture
KW  - Electromagnetic Fields
Y1  - 2012
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-9176
SN  - 2236-3297
SS  - 2236-3297
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2012.613
DO  - https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2012.613
N1  - Special Issue of the XIV Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SP  - 27
EP  - 36
ER  -