Anyway, here's an example of the kind of marker the failsafe project will use:
A rendered image will replace the "render goes here" text, and the markers will all (hopefully!) be distinct enough to be different to one another. I think I'll recommend they be printed off so the markers are 16*16cm, since there's a good chance they'll be pretty far from the camera.
To make the project a bit more of a comprehensive example of the capabilities of BuildAR with respect to the specific matter of a potential buyer wanting to see how something would look in reality before buying it, I decided to do the following things:
- make some models come in slightly different styles, so the user can compare them in realtime (two different bar stools)
- make some models come in the same form, but with different materials (three kinds of couches, two with flat suede-like colours, one with a brown leather texture)
- make several posters available, since people can easily stick them up on walls and move them around
- to get the attention of people coming by for the presentation, I added a 1:1 model of Samus from the Metroid series. I'd imagine there'll be nerdy people taking photos of the monitor while posing next to it, or something. I guess that'll happen with quite a few of the displays, though
All models were found online, but needed to be handled and modified in 3DSMax so they would show up properly in BuildAR. I'll be providing a list of references for them with the assignment submission.
I'll be spending the next however much free time I have completing an assignment for another subject and getting the last bits sorted out for my overseas trip, and then if there's time, I'll take a crack and quickly whipping up that additive modelling Flash application.
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