Superior augmented reality registration by integrating landmark tracking and magnetic tracking
Andrei State, Gentaro Hirota, David Chen, William F. Garrett, Mark A. Livingston · 1996
Accurate registration between real and virtual objects is crucial for augmented reality applications.Existing tracking methods are individually inadequate: magnetic trackers are inaccurate, mechanical trackers are cumbersome, and vision-based trackers are computationally problematic.We present a hybrid tracking method that combines the accuracy of vision-based tracking with the robustness of magnetic tracking without compromising real-time performance or usability.We demonstrate excellent registration in three sample applications.