The virtual showcase: a projection-based multi-user augmented reality display

Authors:
Oliver Bimber;Bernd Fröhlich;Dieter Schmalstieg;L. Miguel Encarnação
Affiliations:
Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics, Providence, RI;Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany;Vienna University of Technology, Austria;Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics, Providence, RI
Venue:
ACM SIGGRAPH 2002 conference abstracts and applications
Year:
2002

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Abstract

The Virtual Showcase is a new projection-based and application-specific Augmented Reality display that offers an innovative way of accessing, presenting, and interacting with scientific and cultural content. Conceptually, the Virtual Showcase is compatible with the conventional showcases used, for instance, by museums. However, it allows the display of computer generated 3D graphics and animations together with real artifacts within the same space. From the technological point of view, the Virtual Showcase provides perspective correct stereoscopic viewing for multiple users, high resolution, low parallax (reflected projection plane inside the showcase), and support for mutual occlusion between real and virtual objects.