augmented reality game with openstreetmap
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MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITYJaak Laineste, State of the Map 2010
ABOUT NUTITEQPart 1
About Nutiteq
• Established in 2006• Consultancy, software, services• Expertise areas:
GIS, Mapping, OpenStreetMapMobile development: Java ME (J2ME), Android,
BlackBerry, iPhone
• BackgroundLocation-Based Services (LBS) for 12+ mobile
operators around the worldAbout 20 Android, BlackBerry, J2ME and iPhone
developers
What Nutiteq does
1. Mobile mapping SDKMobile Java mapping toolkit, base platform20,000+ downloads, over 30,000 end-users/dayPartners: CloudMade, Enough Software
2. White-label mobile solution kitsMobile MappingMobile Tourist - Audio+Video+Maps GuideMobile Fleet Tracking
3. Implementation and customizationServer-side toolsSDK extensions Map-based mobile apps
Developer geography
• Top 5: India, US, UK, China, Indonesia• 130 countries total
AVATAARA: MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Part 2
Mobile LBS games
• Games and Entertainment: 51+% of AppStore app downloads
• Nice location-based gamesGeocaching: web and GPSKeitai Kunitori Gassen (Battle for the Countries), JapanParallel Kingdom - the first GPS-based MMORPGTreasure huntsBotFighters by It’s alive! - Mobile, SMS, MMS
• Action gamesNil?
First person shooting
Game idea
• Imagine playing DOOM:In real worldWith real persons
friends, enemies
Avataara demo video
• Video
Avataara and OSM
• VisualsInvisible walls, on top of phone camera preview imageBackground map: for location referenceGPS, compass and G-sensors for location and orientation
• Map dataCloudMade SVG HTTP service, OSM dataBuildings onlyFake 3D: walls 20 m up and down
• Business caseFree multi-player app, buy virtual goodsDeveloper: yrgel.com, students from Tallinn Technical Univ.
OSM FOR AUGMENTED REALITYPart 3
AR requirements
•Mobile DeviceHardware: camera, GPS, compass, G-
sensorsSoftware APIs: 3D API (OpenGL), APIs for
camera and all the sensors
•Geographical data
Map data for AR
• Simple case E.g. info servicesPOI locations are enough
• For advanced casee.g. GamesVisibility: buildings in 3DVisualization: detailed 3D data (also roads,
trees, land use, building textures/colors etc)Match improvement
Challenges
• DevicesSensors are not precise: GPS, compass, G-sensorsNo indoor locationPhone screen darkness (e.g. Nexus One)No paint gun extension
• SoftwareImage matching tools
• MapsNo 3D in OSMStandard tag: floors=X
Thank you!
Jaak Laineste
CEO, [email protected]
Mob: +372 509 2586Skype: jaakl3000
twitter.com/nutiteq