1. Augment-able Reality: Situated Communication through Physical and Digital Spaces Jun Rekimoto Sony Computer Science Laboratories Oct 20, 1998

2. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Introduction l Augmented Reality: ä Acting as a context-sensitive Information assistant Real View AugmentedView Real object ID NaviCam [Rekimoto, UIST’94]

3. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto

4. Augmented Environments Physical context Context-sensitiveInformation Database Sensor Portable(Wearable)Computer Real World Environment Who prepared these data? NaviCam [rekimoto94]

5. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Augment-able Environments Physical context Context-sensitiveInformation Database Real World Environment Create and Attach information with context Room A Information access from other computing environments Communicationthrough Shared Information

6. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Augment-able Reality Features l Dynamic creation of augmenting information l Context-sensitive information notification l Information sharing among wearable and normal computing environments l Communication through situated information l AR = Web; Augment-able = Mail or BBS

7. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto System Configuration Web (Java Applets) (Java Applets) E-Mail Clients Microphone Wireless LAN Camera Interface IR Sensor Subnote PC CCD Camera PointingDevice MonocularHUD Earphone Wearable Unit Shared Database WWW Interface E-Mail Gateway Real World IDs Normal Computers

8. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Wearable Unit Pointing Device + Microphone IR receiver Camera

9. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Environmental Supports IR-LED ID Emitter Visual ID (Printed 2D-Barcodes)

10. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto User Interface Context-awarePanes Personal Pane l Drag & Drop between wearable and physical context

11. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Creating and attaching data

12. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Navigate through history

13. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto (video)

14. GPS Version

15. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Java & E-Mail Interface To: room3@csl.sony.co.jp Subject: Msg=Today’s meeting is cancelled Time=4/6/1998 10:00 Timeout=1 day

16. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Discussions l Graceful notification of information existence l Hardware configuration alternatives ä head-up, hand-held, wrist-up, pager-type l Trade-offs between wearable and environmental displays ä Ubiquitous displays ä Send an e-mail to the office door

17. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Future Directions l Integration with Information Retrieval techniques ä Keyword, Access-level, creation time l Spatial information registration l Attaching active objects to the environment l Application domains: ä Augmented Hospital ä Entertainment (Real-world adventure games)

18. Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Jun Rekimoto Summary l From Augment-ed to Augment-able ä A next step to AR / Wearable applications l A Prototype Augment-able System ä Recognize location/context from IDs and GPS ä Support drag&drop of data between wearables and physical contexts ä Shared information management among wearables and other computers