Computer Science Department
Zaap: Rendering 3D Models from 2D Objects using Augmented Reality
Hoang Pham, Zaap: Rendering 3D Models from 2D Objects using Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. Zaap is a Windows software that implements AR technology to render 3D models of 2D objects. Users are provided a set of cards with individual objects printed on each card. When the users display a chosen card to the camera, Zaap will detect a given card, track its position and plane, classify the object printed on it, and render a 3D model of the object on the surface of the card in real-time. The software can be used in education or entertainment.