Abstract
Augmented Reality has been around for a while, and given the advent of many mobile devices, it can now be seen as an interesting technology for providing users with useful, real-time, and appealing extensions of the reality around them. This technology can then be used in many different domains: in this chapter we report on our efforts for developing a suitable tablet-based solution for the analysis and simulation of big urban projects. Our solution also contributes the use of beacons as reference for the proper rendering of the digital (augmented) parts on top of the real, existing ones. This chapter motivates the need for a new solution in the particular domain, explains our novel development, and provides a first, brief assessment. Our experiments have demonstrated that the use of augmented reality is not only possible, but can already be reality in the field of urban design.
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LimitlessComputing. http://www.limitlesscomputing.com/sightspace.
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Metaio. http://www.metaio.com.
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Estimote Beacons. http://www.estimote.com.
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Estimote Beacons, Android SDK http://www.github.com/Estimote/Android-SDK.
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Calabrese, C., Baresi, L. (2017). Outdoor Augmented Reality for Urban Design and Simulation. In: Piga, B., Salerno, R. (eds) Urban Design and Representation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51804-6_14
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