Dear all AR developers,
due to many requests we release our (until now) internal version of
ARToolKit, called ARToolKitPlus.
ARToolKitPlus is not a successor to the original ARToolKit, which is
still further developed and supported. In fact we can assure that we
will not have the capacity to provide a similar extensive support as is
currently done for ARToolKit.
ARToolKitPlus could actually be called ARToolKitMinus, since we removed
all support for reading cameras and rendering VRML.
What's left is an enhanced version of ARToolKit's vision core (those
files that you can find in lib\SRC\AR in the ARToolKit distribution).
Main new features are:
- C++ class-based API (compile-time parametrization using templates)
- 512 id-based markers
(no speed penalty due to large number of markers)
- New camera pixel-formats (RGB565, Gray)
- Variable marker border width
- Many speed-ups for low-end devices
(fixed-point arithmetic, look-up tables, etc.)
- Optimized PocketPC (Windows Mobile) support
- Tools: pattern-file to TGA converter, pattern-file mirroring,
off-line camera callibration, id-marker generator
ARToolKitPlus is known to compile for VS.NET 2003, VC 6.0, eVC 4.0.
The project's webpage can be found at
http://studierstube.org/handheld_ar/artoolkitplus.php where you can find
a more detailed overview about the changes, the API documentation, some
short code samples and a download link.
PLEASE NOTE: This version of ARToolKit is only targeted to experienced
C++ programmers. It does not read camera images or render geometry of
any kind (especially no VRML support) nor is it an out-of-the box
solution. In contrast to the original ARToolKit, this library is not
meant for starters in developing AR software. No binary executables
(execept for some tools) are provided.
If you have any questions, suggestions or comments please send them to
me or the artoolkit mailing list.
bye,
Daniel
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address which was probably automatically discarded. Please accept my
apology if you receive this email twice in the case that previous email
will be sent out.
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