woah, thats freaking sweet.

if adobe continues down this path, flash might even reach the level of java applets, 10 years ago, sometimes :D

sorry, but I’m too bedazzled by the really amazing speed, I still thought of flash as “kinda cool 2D vector engine with bad ECMAscript implementation attached”.
well it still takes a lot more coding skill, to get stuff running at this (high) speed in flash — in a real language, using a real compiler, you could be more wasteful and slackish and still reach interactive speeds. thus, as a slacker, I prefer not flash, makes me think less about optimisation :)

While tag based AR was fun once, now it just seems tacky to me.

If you have Nokia N95 or similar Nokia smartphone (Symbian OS 9.x)you can download games which use similar, albeit more advanced technology. If you don’t you stll can check the videos:
http://cellagames.com
Other people develop this tech for PC(ARToolkit), Linux, Android, windows mobiles, iPhone etc. though not all of those apps available for download now, many are just experiments yet.

Also, see this BoingBoing post for a similar…possibly nsfw version of this tech.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/13/your-virtual-girlfri.html

I’m going to keep posting until a.) somebody stops me b.) I can fall back asleep..

To use this flash app full screen and full speed, download it to your local machine: http://interactive.digitalpictures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/augmentedreality/sample.swf
(in your browser…file/save page as)

Now use your browser to open the file locally. There are probably flash viewing apps for your OS too….but firefox is a sure thing.

wow, just wow. thank you for posting this, i watched the episode of prototype this where they did this, and i was sort of mad that joe didn’t post the code on his blog. it might have been zoz that did it, but whatever.

@Dave:
fantastic idea…

heh, sorry for the plug but i got the ep on alluc.org, but damn, back when i used do flash…. it wasnt anywhere able to do this, by the way, open gl has been done in java, when a believable quake 3 engine is able to run in flash then it will surpass java, hey joe, wanna post code? thatd be fun to play around with

hmmmmm. as the marker with “Hiro” on it is definitely the 7+ years old one from the AR Toolkit, could it be that those guys simply used that C to Flash compiler I’ve recently seen demoed somewhere and just hacked ARToolkit a bit? If so, I believe they are obliged to release the source (ARToolkit is GPL).

Floe

@squirrel007 and anyone else who tried my suggestion to download the swf and play it locally:
Don’t bother. It doesn’t work, for whatever reason.

So my suggestions for trying this, after a bit of trial and error:

1.) when printing the pdf, make sure you print it actual size (it will be a box about 7cm square, in the middle of the page) By default, Foxit reader wants to print it expanded to page. Don’t let it, it doesn’t work well that large. That’s what she said.

2) it is important that the printed box be against a light background….don’t fold up the page like the guy in the video; leave it. Even better, set it on a light colored desk.

Wow this is very impressive I would like to see this implemented into a game where you cast spells and stuff. That could be very cool for a webcam do you guys not think?

This would be awesome for product size/placement visualization. Imagine printing out a product symbol on a sheet of paper and putting it in the corner of your room then with the webcam you see your prospective entertainment center on your wall.

With some good maths based off a standard 8.5x11in sheet of paper the consumer would be able to tell if the unit will be to large.

I just bought a Sieg X3 vertical milling machine and i made a cardboard box with the dimensions for bench placement and holly god was I wrong…

Saw this at a Star Wars exhibit a year or so ago. It was a game where you built a spaceport on tatooine using cards that each represented a different building. Relative placement was important, and you could rotate the table to see the spaceport from different angles. It was VERY cool.

Al we need now is a pair nice 3D goggles with a build in webcam and we can go DragonBall Z on eachother!
The down site of this technolgy: imagine how popular the sims game will be with this stuff. My sister wil go besurk and never leave the pc

Where can i play with this?

adding to twitter this is great info.