ATOMIC Authoring Tool
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ATOMIC Authoring Tool is a tool that enables the creation of Augmented Reality
applications, developed especially for non-programmers.
It was created as a front end (Graphic Interface) for use ARToolKit
library without having to know programming.
The first developper of ARToolkit has been Prof. Hirokazu Kato (media design lab in Japan http://imd.naist.jp/people/member/kato.html).
It was written in the programming language Processing
and is licensed under the GNU GPL
It is Multi-platform which allows you to use it in operating systems Microsoft Windows
, Ubuntu
and Mac OS X
.
The first experimental version of ATOMIC Authoring Tool was released on September 7 of 2008 and the first stable version 0.6 was released on March 6 of 2009.
The main motivation of ATOMIC is to provide to the community an open source tool that can be easily modified and that does not require too much technical knowledge to access the Augmented reality
technology.
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
applications, developed especially for non-programmers.
It was created as a front end (Graphic Interface) for use ARToolKit
ARToolKit
ARToolKit is a computer tracking library for creation of strong augmented reality applications that overlay virtual imagery on the real world. To do this, it uses video tracking capabilities that calculate the real camera position and orientation relative to square physical markers in real time...
library without having to know programming.
The first developper of ARToolkit has been Prof. Hirokazu Kato (media design lab in Japan http://imd.naist.jp/people/member/kato.html).
It was written in the programming language Processing
Processing (programming language)
Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the basics of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks...
and is licensed under the GNU GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
It is Multi-platform which allows you to use it in operating systems Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
.
The first experimental version of ATOMIC Authoring Tool was released on September 7 of 2008 and the first stable version 0.6 was released on March 6 of 2009.
The main motivation of ATOMIC is to provide to the community an open source tool that can be easily modified and that does not require too much technical knowledge to access the Augmented reality
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
technology.
External links
- ATOMIC Authoring Tool Official web site.
- ATOMIC Authoring Tool at SourceForge.netSourceForge.netSourceForge is a web-based source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development. The website runs a version of SourceForge Enterprise Edition, forked from the last open-source version available...
- Dependencies, downloads for windows, ubuntu 9.1, OSX