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Contents 1 Project Gargoyle 1.1 Resource Pages 1.2 Components & Devices 1.3 Software 1.4 AR Games 1.5 Links to Existing Wearable Systems 1.6 External Links 1.7 Real World Examples

Project Gargoyle

Project Gargoyle is an attempt to bring cheap Augmented Reality (AR) to the wogs. Augmented Reality deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data. Presently AR research is concerned with the use of live video imagery which is digitally processed and "augmented" by the addition of computer-generated graphics. At present Military and emergency services, doctors, and even in education with the use of interactive whiteboards (AR superimposed on a whiteboard). The name "Project Gargoyle" comes from the book Snow Crash. Depicting a man with a clunky wearable computer jacked into the 'metaverse' at any time and any place.

Project Gargoyle's purpose is to enable you to expand yourself via wearable computer systems.

Resource Pages

(fill in links to portable computers, HUD glasses, input devices)

• http://gumstix.com (Enki has one of these, and loves it)
• http://www.mini-itx.com/ Small form factor motherboards

Components & Devices

• CPU - Computer components.
• Display - HUD glasses, etc.
• Input Devices - Keyboards, joysticks, mice, et cetera
• Neural Input - Brain controllers
• Network Interfaces - Connecting to the internet and other systems
• Audio Devices - Microphones, speakers, and so forth
• Power Supplies - You're going to need batteries, and ways to charge them.
• Linked Systems - Optimizing your home, vehicle, and surroundings for the augmented user.
• Rapid Prototyping - Methods of quickly building physical objects

Software

• ARTag - System to create AR Tags
  • http://www.artag.net/
• Papervision - Augmented Reality
  • http://www.boffswana.com/news/?p=392 - Papervision - Flash based AR demo. All you need is a webcam
• DART: Designers Augmented Reality ToolKit
  • http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ael/projects/dart.html - DART
• Augmented/Mixed Reality
  • http://www.artoolworks.com/community/osgart - OSGART - a library that simplifies the development of Augmented Reality or Mixed Reality applications by combining the well-known ARToolKit tracking library with Open Scene Graph.
  • http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/ - ARTooolKit - low-level library AR Library for the tracking and the visual integration of real and virtual content.
  • http://www.artoolworks.com/community/osgart/docs_install.html# Instructions for installing OSGART.

AR Games

• http://julianoliver.com/levelhead - Levelhead - Tilt paper blocks to move a 3D man around a room.
• http://www.hitlabnz.org/wiki/ARTetris - Tetris - all that is needed is a USB webcam and a small download. Read the Readme for further instructions.
• http://gamesalfresco.com/2008/03/03/top-10-augmented-reality-demos-that-will-revolutionize-video-games/ - top 10 AR game demos
• http://arsecondlife.gvu.gatech.edu/ - AR Second Life

Links to Existing Wearable Systems

• http://www.a-rage.com/ - Development of a augmented reality game machine. Dead project

External Links

• http://www.hitlabnz.org/ - Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand.
• http://www.tinmith.net/ - Tinmith augmented reality project.
• http://wearables.blu.org - Wearable computing links and news archive.
• http://www.eyetap.org
• http://www.glogger.mobi
• http://www.igargoyle.com - Cyborg and wearable computer news.
• http://vrealities.com/ - Distributor of head mounted displays and other VR equipment.
• http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/mithril/index.html - MIT studies of man-computer interface. A page full of ideas and rough concepts.
• http://studierstube.icg.tu-graz.ac.at/ - Augmented Reality for Collaborative and Ubiquitous Computing

Real World Examples

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivs7-FwjRQ8 City Simulation (Augmented Reality) youtube video
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6523761027552517909 Total Immersions Augmented Reality demo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7xdIcRYfBE The Designer's Augmented Reality Toolkit