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AR Project 1 - Road to Nowhere
 

In this project, we work with Augmented Reality. With the use of Unity and Vuforia we can create souvenirs/knickknacks that will be seen using Ar glasses/lenses in the future. Instead of buying various things, it’ll be possible to buy just one thing and be able to transform it into a combination of the memories of that particular location. The knicknack provides the current weather, temperature of that location. It also doubles up as a magic 8 ball so you can play with it if you are bored. These can be easily used, all you need is the target cube and the camera and software will do their thing.

Test run of the App

Full Youtube Video

What you can do with the App

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Madrid cube with Weather and Temp

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Japan cube with Weather and Temp

Weather conditions & Temp: As shown in the image, the knickknack shows the current weather and temperature in Celsius/Fahrenheit for that location. This is possible because of the https://openweathermap.org/, you can create a free account and get a key. This can be detected on the side of the knickknack.

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Madrid and Japan cube with magic 8 ball

Magic 8 ball: You can use the knickknack like a magic 8 ball, just rotate it and you can get your questions answered. More about it in the requirements.

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Downloading the Source Code and further instructions

You can click here to get the source code for this project, currently it’s available as a Google drive link, since I was facing issues on Git, but once it is resolved I’ll update it here. Click on it and download the files. In order to run this project, you must have Unity Version 2019.4.28 and Vuforia Version 9.8 downloaded on your computer. You must also have access to a webcam to work with the AR camera. You must also have access to the Image targets in order to showcase the knickknack. Click here for the copies of the Markers if you want to print them out onto paper and then cut them out and make them into a cube.

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In order to use this program, you must open the project on Unity and press Play from there. Use the cubes you printed out and show them onto your webcam. This will show the knickknack depending on which cube you are displaying. Hope you enjoy using this application!

Requirements of the Project

I’ll be listing the requirements along with the resources I used.

 

  • 3 unique models from the web (remember to cite the creators) 

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For Class Cube - Japan Knickknack;

 

For Merge Cube - Madrid Knickknack;

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  • 2 unique models that you create on your own (more on this below)

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For Japan Knickknack

  • The revolving Sun

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  • Lanterns

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For Madrid Knickknack

  • Champions League Trophy

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  • Ambient Sound 

For Japan Knickknack

For Madrid Knickknack
 

  • Weather in Celsius and Fahrenheit

Gathered data from  https://openweathermap.org/, and using the key linked it to the C# script, so that it converts the gathered information to Celsius and Fahrenheit and updates it at regular intervals

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  • Magic 8-ball feature:

For Japan Knickknack I chose the given sayings:

  1. It is Certain

  2. It is decidedly so

  3. Without a doubt

  4. Yes definitely

  5. You may rely on it

  6. As I see it, yes.

  7. Most likely

  8. Outlook good

  9. Yes

  10. Signs point to yes

  11. Reply hazy, try again

  12. Ask again later

  13. Better not tell you now

  14. Cannot predict now

  15. Concentrate and ask again

  16. Don't count on it

  17. My reply is no

  18. My sources say no

  19. Outlook not so good

  20. Very doubtful

 

For the Madrid knickknack I created the following sayings:

  1. Go ahead with it

  2. Stay alert

  3. Are you sure

  4. Maybe you shouldn't

  5. I would say, YES

  6. Seems okay

  7. NO

  8. The universe will guide you

  9. It is the right thing

  10. STOP right now

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Explanation

Japan knickknack:

  • I have used the models like the Japanese Shrine, Tori gate and the Katana to showcase the culture rich city of Tokyo which is a land of many temples. These are a symbolical representation of their culture.

  • I created the revolving sun as Japan is known as the “Land of the rising Sun”.

  • The terrain was to give off an effect of Mount Fuji but that was the best depiction I could do.

  • For the music I used an ambient instrumental Japanese music I found on Youtube.

 

Madrid Knickknack:

  • With Madrid I wanted to show their surroundings and famous sport, Football, with Real Madrid FC as the city team it was perfectly depicted using the stadium, Real Madrid logo and the buildings.

  • I created the models for the Champions League Trophy that they won 16 times over the last 40 years.

  • I also created the famous Faro de Moncloa tower is a 92-metre-high transmission tower with an observation deck at the Plaza De Moncloa, Madrid, Spain. It was project by architect Salvador Pérez Arroyo and built in 1992.

  • I found a very pleasant Spanish music on Youtube as well, that fit the knickknack well.

My thoughts on Popularity of AR in the future

Personally I think AR has come a long way, and there is still a long way to go. I feel at the rate that the technology is developing and evolving soon we all will be using gadgets where we can use AR as a feature. As soon as this kind of technology becomes common to everyone, there will be a boom in the widespread use of AR in different industries. Many physical objects will be replaced, for example like sign boards or advertisements, souvenirs, maps, clocks, supermarkets price stickers, etc.

But I believe it could become a hassle to wear a device to know basic information, so it will be used as a luxury and not a necessity. To be able to imagine a world filled with different AR features, many things will start looking different. A walk around a normal street could become more interesting if the AR feature offers you extra information on any object you lay your eyes on. It will help bring the world closer by translating written languages in real time making it easier for people to travel and move around.

In conclusion I believe AR will have great use in each industry in its own way, like sailors could use it to grab the weather conditions and wind directions, while doctors can use it to learn the difficult procedures which requires them to see and observe it. As I mentioned before, it will have various applications spread out over various fields, and I am definitely waiting for the wonders to be created by AR technology.

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