A bit more then a year ago I had developed a simple image recognition library for j2me (after reading Rainbows End). It could do trackerless camera parameters extraction and very basic recognition. I wanted to do augmented MTG-like tabletop game playable with my Symbian smartphone, but choosen j2me for portability. Unfortunately the performance was dismal, so I've abandoned it. When I heard about ADC2 in late June I decided that this lib could work faster on Android, but I did not have enough time to participate, so asked if my wife could. She does not have a full time job right now so has plenty of time. I've only promised to support and extend the library if she asks. She had ordered a Google Dev Phone in July and started designing the app.
She used to work with 4-5 year old kids in a kindergarden, so she had decided to develop an augmented reality app for education, not a tabletop game I was thinking about. Her submission is "Vivify picture: math" in Education/Reference category. The application is also available in Android Market. English is not our first language, I hope the app name she had picked does not sound weird for native speakers :). Most of Augmented Reality applications appearing in recent months are about large scale augmented reality. They are used mostly outdors and rely heavily on GPS support. Our entry (and my library which I am considering releasing open source) focuses on smaller scale - table top mobile augmented reality http://vivifypicture.com. It is trying to keep track of a sheet of paper (game board), and recognize figures user is drawing on it: simple arythmetic operations and geometry shapes. Then it draws 3D scene explaining basic math concepts it recognized, and user is able to zoom in/out and explore from different angles by moving a device around. There is also a simple 3D mini game in. It's like pong but you control it by drawing on paper in front of a camera. Unfortunately we were not able to implement all features planned, and some of the patterns that should be recognizable are not recognized reliably yet. The APK size is below 80Kb. Here is the video demo where my wife shows how it works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2AMzdSg9s We were only able to test it on Google Developers Phone, so not quite sure if it would work on anything else. Hopefully it works at least on G1 :). We had submitted few upgrades (4) during last 2 days. The latest one was just 10 minutes before submission site was closed. Anyone else submitted to Education/Reference category? On Sep 1, 4:41 pm, Lout <lout.r...@googlemail.com> wrote: > While you developers relax... would you mind sharing what apps to > expect through this challenge.. and anything else you wish to share > about ADC2 submissions... well anything including the fact: 'thank > God, no more sleep less nights'! > > Am collecting information about the challenge (ADC2) for a news > article as am with cnet (and AP). Pitch your app if you have already > published or would soon publish on the market too. > > Your app name and description, web link if any, experience with > ADC2, ... anything would be useful for our article(s). > > And do you feel that there would have been more submissions than in > ADC1? > Is the competition going to be tougher or less profound as you were > allowed to put up apps not published before 1st Aug only? > > Do you think that all apps that didn't try for ADC1 should have had a > chance? > > Congratulations on your submissions while you wait for the next > phase. > Thanks, > Lout Reilly > ps: Moderators we request you to let this through so that you too get > some feedback. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
