Developing “Real” Augmented Reality
The Emergence team about their project: ‘With our first main project, we seek to develop “Real” Augmented Reality technology. For this we are experimenting with creating a projector that has an Infrared (IR) light source.’
An IR projector has never been made before, but we will be able to utilize existing solutions to develop it. The resulting projection exists physically (”Real”), but to the human eyes it is invisible. Using a handheld device with an IR-sensitive camera the visitor is able to explore the hidden projections (Augmented Reality). In our development phase we will further iterate on these prototypes and with them we will compose experiences that mediate between the virtual/physical world and visualize hidden layers of technology. Through this we hope to support living in an ever more Digital Society.
About Emergence
Emergence is a new dream team at TU Delft, focused on bringing art and technology together. They will develop a work and present it at Highlight Delft.
“As Emergence, art and tech students collaborate on the research and development of new artistic media using the expertise of both the TU Delft and nearby art schools. Our artworks aim to facilitate an understanding of complex technology that has been "blackboxed", where its intricate inner workings and large scale are difficult to comprehend and cause us to lose touch with it.”
In our first main project, we seek to develop “Real” Augmented Reality technology. For which we are already experimenting with creating a projector that has an Infrared (IR) light source. An IR projector has never been made before, but we will be able to utilize existing solutions to develop it. The resulting projection exists physically (”Real”), but to these human eyes it is invisible. Using a handheld device with an IR-sensitive camera the visitor is able to explore the hidden projections (Augmented Reality). In our development phase we will further iterate on these prototypes and with them we will compose experiences that mediate between the virtual/physical world and visualize hidden layers of technology. Through which we hope to support living in an ever more Digital Society.