We are very interested in determining if anyone has developed a GUI that
enables users of ARToolKit-based software to design and render AR scenes?

We are using ARToolKit in a research setting and are much interested in a
simpler interface.  Our hope is to find an easier interface for ARToolKit
(i.e., one that does not require writing  lines of code and compiling from a
command prompt).  We are searching to determine if there is a FrontPage or
Dreamweaver type interface for ARToolKit.


Dan
____________________________________
Dan Macchiarella, Ph.D.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Department of Aeronautical Science
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Office 386.226.6850
FAX    386.226.6012

Dan,

Please check out DART, our AR toolkit built into Director.

	http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/dart

We just release a first "beta" ... it still has some bugs (we found a 
bunch working on a demo last week, and are doing another demo this 
coming week), but we'll be posting pretty frequent updates for a while. 
  It's largely stable (the aformentioned bugs are in some pretty obscure 
places).

Enjoy, and let me know if it's useful.


On Oct 29, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Dan Macchiarella wrote:

> We are very interested in determining if anyone has developed a GUI 
> that
> enables users of ARToolKit-based software to design and render AR 
> scenes?
>
> We are using ARToolKit in a research setting and are much interested 
> in a
> simpler interface.  Our hope is to find an easier interface for 
> ARToolKit
> (i.e., one that does not require writing  lines of code and compiling 
> from a
> command prompt).  We are searching to determine if there is a 
> FrontPage or
> Dreamweaver type interface for ARToolKit.
>
>
> Dan
> ____________________________________
> Dan Macchiarella, Ph.D.
> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
> Department of Aeronautical Science
> Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
> Office 386.226.6850
> FAX    386.226.6012

I am working on something along those lines.=20

	http://www.mis.atr.co.jp/~rodney/designAR/index.htm

It's still a long way from being released as a product though. You can =
see
the registration and latency are not great at present, but the method =
for
designing and building worlds is pretty cool I think. You can author
procedural and parameterised animated models with dynamic behaviors
on-the-fly while the system is running. I never write any C++ (often =
wish I
did, but I'm not disciplined enough to take the time out from life).=20

Rod.

Rodney Berry
ATR Media Information Science Laboratories
Kyoto Japan
rodney@a .....
http://www.mis.atr.co.jp/~rodney
Ph:   +81-774-95-1449
Fax:  +81-774-95-1408

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-artoolkit@h ..................
[mailto:owner-artoolkit@h ..................] On Behalf Of Dan =
Macchiarella
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 6:19 AM
To: artoolkit@h ..................
Subject: ARToolKit GUI for user interaction?


We are very interested in determining if anyone has developed a GUI that
enables users of ARToolKit-based software to design and render AR =
scenes?

We are using ARToolKit in a research setting and are much interested in =
a
simpler interface.  Our hope is to find an easier interface for =
ARToolKit
(i.e., one that does not require writing  lines of code and compiling =
from a
command prompt).  We are searching to determine if there is a FrontPage =
or
Dreamweaver type interface for ARToolKit.


Dan
____________________________________
Dan Macchiarella, Ph.D.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Department of Aeronautical Science
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Office 386.226.6850
FAX    386.226.6012

Sounds great, Dan.  I think DART will be very useful to you, if you 
have a multidisciplinary team who knows (or wants to learn) Director.

If we can be of any help, let us know (if you use it, please join the 
mailing lists and ask questions there.)


On Oct 30, 2004, at 2:13 AM, Dan Macchiarella wrote:

> Thanks Blair.  We were looking for an approach to rendering AR like 
> DART.  We just completed a project developing AR scenes for training 
> an aviation maintenance task with ARToolKit.  With our next iteration, 
> we plan on going mobile by taking it to the flight line.  We have a 
> multidisciplinary team and will focus on the training aspects of using 
> AR in real work environments.
> v/r
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair MacIntyre <blair@c ............>
> To: "Dan Macchiarella" <macchian@e .......>
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:04:54 -0400
> Subject: Re: ARToolKit GUI for user interaction?
>
> Dan,
>
> Please check out DART, our AR toolkit built into Director.
>
> 	http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/dart
>
> We just release a first "beta" ... it still has some bugs (we found a
> bunch working on a demo last week, and are doing another demo this
> coming week), but we'll be posting pretty frequent updates for a while.
>   It's largely stable (the aformentioned bugs are in some pretty 
> obscure
> places).
>
> Enjoy, and let me know if it's useful.
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Dan Macchiarella wrote:
>
>> We are very interested in determining if anyone has developed a GUI
>> that
>> enables users of ARToolKit-based software to design and render AR
>> scenes?
>>
>> We are using ARToolKit in a research setting and are much interested
>> in a
>> simpler interface.  Our hope is to find an easier interface for
>> ARToolKit
>> (i.e., one that does not require writing  lines of code and compiling
>> from a
>> command prompt).  We are searching to determine if there is a
>> FrontPage or
>> Dreamweaver type interface for ARToolKit.
>>
>>
>> Dan
>> ____________________________________
>> Dan Macchiarella, Ph.D.
>> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
>> Department of Aeronautical Science
>> Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
>> Office 386.226.6850
>> FAX    386.226.6012
>
>
>
> _______________________
> Dan Macchiarella, Ph.D.
> Department of Aeronautical Science
> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
> Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
> Office 386.226.6850
> FAX     386.226.6012