1. LocusEngine Beta Demo INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL INTERMEDIA ARTS BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

2. LocusEngine APPLICATIONS
Tools for exploration, teaching, learning and serious games
Experiences for Arts, Humanities, Museums and Sciences
Initial test projects: Cultural Heritage, Archeology, Arts, History and Astronomy

3. HYBRID REALITY Physical Reality Augmented Reality Virtual Reality
Exterior and interior geo-referenced physical locations
Augmented Reality
Superimposition of information, sound, data, media, and geometries
Virtual Reality
Immersive 3D experiences - both single and multiplayer

4. HYBRID REALITY Environments that create immersive user experiences
Creating a bridge between physical and virtual realities
Connecting a metaverse of information, data, 3D objects, social and dynamic media
Geo-located and referenced to its virtual counterpart

5. HYBRID LEARNING SPACES
Contextual learning
Push content fIeld and discovery modes
Collaboration and Shared Media
Strong integration of rich communication, information sharing, and mapping tools
Social Media Integration
Facebook, Twitter, et al

6. 3D VIRTUAL INTERACTION 3D object inspection - rotate and zoom
Interactive free roaming Non Player Characters
3D LiDAR terrain maps - navigable
Geo-referenced contextual 3D objects

7. HARDWARE INTEGRATION
Push content based on location - GPS and WiFi zones
Core Motion integration: Gyroscope, accelerometer,
Multitouch support - pinch, zoom, rotate, translate, select
Live map-based positioning - Map Kit magnetometer
Manual compass recalibration

8. AUGMENTED REALITY Qualcomm Vuforia SDK
AR Camera: Geo-referenced and Push
Image Target: Signs, Images, and Text triggers

9. DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
Apple iOS Software Development Kit: CoreMotion Framework and Map Kit Framework
Game Engine: UNITY 3D: C# and Javascript
Augmented Reality: Qualcomm Vuforia SDK - AR Camera and Image Target

10. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYTICS
Dynamic real-time analytics
In-app and web-based tracking
3D heat-maps
Paths, dwell times, bottlenecks and hotspots - under and overused locations
Track in-app engagements
Interactions, proximity triggers, and collisions

11. ASSESSMENT AND ANALYTICS
Track runtime errors, warnings, and debug logs
Time-stamped and aggregated in real time
Integrated user feedback instruments
In-app commenting and rating

12. INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL INTERMEDIA ARTS [IDIA LAB] BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
John Fillwalk
Senior Director, IDIA Lab and Hybrid Design Technologies
Ball State University
@jfillwalk