On December 9th and 10th, 2010, Aalto University in Finland will host the first ScandAR workshop and would like to invite all those interested in Augmented Reality to attend.
Augmented Reality (AR) is a field of research that explores how the digital content can be seamlessly blended with the real world. Although the first AR systems were developed over forty years ago the field has recently become very popular due to the availability of easy to use tools and growing number of commercial applications.
There are a number of research groups in Scandinavia that have been conducting research in AR and related areas, however in some cases these groups have been disconnected from each other. The goal of this workshop is to have an informal meeting that will allow Scandinavian researchers to network with each other, present research work from their research groups, and discuss common areas for future work.
Attendees can participate in the workshop in a number of ways:
Workshop organizers are interested in presentations that relate to all aspects of Augmented Reality including but not limited to: AR hardware and software, tracking and display technologies, user interface/experience design, evaluation methods, industrial applications and future research directions.
Attendees who would like to give a presentation should contact the organizers below.
ScandAR was a two day program with an optional workshop dinner on Thursday December 9th.
Day One – Thursday, December 9th |
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| 9am | Introduction – Mark Billinghurst, Lauri Savioja | |
| 9:15am – 10 am | Keynote Speech: Ville–Veikko Mattila, Nokia – Mixed Reality Research at Nokia |
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| 10:30 – 12:00 pm | Morning Presentations – Mobile AR | |
| David Murphy (Nokia) – CityScene | ||
| Gunnar Liestøl (University of Oslo) – Situated simulations as Mobile Augmented Reality | ||
| Alessandro Mulloni (Technical University of Graz) – Supporting Navigation with Mobile AR and Transitional Interfaces | ||
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 3:00 pm | Afternoon Presentations – Technology and Applications | |
| Timo Tossavainen (Aalto University) – Reconstruction–based markerless tracking for AR | ||
| Alain Boyer (VTT) – ALVAR subroutine library and ISMAR Tracking | ||
| Tuomas Kantonen (VTT) – Sensor timestamps and synchronization | ||
| Casper Slynge, Rene Olesen (Aalborg University) – iFurn | ||
| Joona Olkkola Lauri Larjo (Aalto University) – Poring AR | ||
| Lassi Haaranen, Yonu Cho (Aalto University) – Candy Hunter | ||
| 3:00 – 5:00 pm | Demonstrations: UI–Art (Aalto University) Mobile AR Demos (Aalto University) Mobile Panorama AR (TU Graz) Markerless Tracking (Aalto University) iFurn (Aalborg University) City Scene (Nokia) Dibidogs Augmented Reality children's book (VTT) Photorealistic rendering for AR (VTT) AR floorplan and AR4BC (VTT) Dibidogs augmented on mobile phone (VTT) Marker tracking & erasure on mobile phones (VTT) Audio Augmented Reality (Aalto University) |
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| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Workshop Dinner | |
Day Two – Friday, December 10th |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Keynote Speech: Sanni Siltanen, VTT – VTT AR Team overview, past and present |
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| 10:30 – 12:00 pm | Morning Presentations – Research Directions | |
| Ann Morrison (Aalborg University – Mundane AR | ||
| Simon McCallum (Gjøvik University College) – AR from Auditoriums to Mobile phones | ||
| Hannes Gamper (Aalto University) – Audio AR Interfaces | ||
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Afternoon Presentations – Research Directions | |
| Susanna Nilsson (FOI/ Linköping University) – Augmenting the Landscape of Astrid Lindgren | ||
| Antti Ajanki (Aalto University) – Contextual Information Access for Mobile Augmented Reality | ||
Registration for the event is required however there is no registration fee. Registration can be completed online at https://eage.tkk.fi/?fs/en/ScandAR.
For those wanting to attend the optional workshop dinner there will be a fee of 40 Euro
The registration deadline is December 3rd.
The workshop will be held on the Otaniemi campus of the Aalto University in the Odeion–hall in the TUAS–building. Directions can be found here.
For more information please contact the organizers below:
Mark Billinghurst
HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury
mark.billinghurst at hitlabnz.org
Lauri Savioja
Department of Media Technology
Aalto University School of Science
Lauri.Savioja at tkk.fi
ScandAR is sponsored by the TKK MIDE program