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Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR'05)
Augmented Foam: A Tangible Augmented Reality for Product Design
Vienna, Austria
October 05-October 08
ISBN: 0-7695-2459-1
Woohun Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jun Park, Hongik University
Computer Aided Design applications have become designers? inevitable tools for expressing and simulating innovative ideas and concepts. However, replacing traditional materials and mock-ups with 3D CAD systems, designers are faced with the intangibility problem, unable to physically interact with test products in early stages of design process. As a touchable and graspable interface based on 3D CAD data, we propose Augmented Foam, which applies Augmented Reality technologies to physical blue foams. Using Augmented Foam, a blue foam mock-up is overlaid with a 3D virtual object, which is rendered with the same CAD model used for mock-up production. We presented a method to correct occlusions of the virtual products by user?s hand. Augmented Foam was tested for a mug design and a cleaning robot design. Designers were able to inspect and evaluate the design alternatives interactively and efficiently.
Citation:
Woohun Lee, Jun Park, "Augmented Foam: A Tangible Augmented Reality for Product Design," ismar, pp.106-109, Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR'05), 2005
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