At Charonite we encourage our development team to carry out research in a wide variety of related areas, giving enough latitude, flexibility and support that enables innovation to be carried out quickly and efficiently. Part of the philisophy behind this approach is that it fosters new products and innovative ideas to grow organically from within our organisation, drawing upon the strengths and skills of our highly talented staff.
One of the recent prototypes developed involved the use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology, using a combination of off-the-shelf hardware such as the Sony PS3 PlayStation Eye to track the user and the Nintendo Wiimote to track hand movements and acceleration accurately. The user wears AR glasses which simultaneously film what the user is seeing, send it to a computer for processing, and then display an AR graphic overlay that appears to be seamlessly integrated with the real world.
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| Augmented Reality prototype in action |
At Charonite we are currently evaluating the use of AR technology in various applications including intelligent transport systems, vehicle information augmentation, ANPR / LPR augmentation, UAV control, and data mining results visualisation. Prototypes that show enough promise will then form part of our R&D pipeline and hopefully open up new collaboration with other industrial partners. The AR software prototypes are built using a mixture of proprietary algorithms and open source systems such as PTAM.
For more information about AR please have a look at the
Wikipedia entry on AR.
For more information about Charonite's R&D activities, have a look at our Labs section.
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