Location based services using augmented reality

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LOCATION BASED SERVICES USING AUGMENTED REALITY

Prof. P. B. Alappanavar, Ms. Ankeeta Bhujbal, Mr. Shantanu Deshmukh

IT department, Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, University of Pune

Pune

ABSTRACT

Till date we have seen many new technologies but Augmented Reality is a pretty new

to us and everybody. This research paper will give you a much better idea about Augmented

Reality and how it can be implemented into different devices .This paper will also help you to

know and understand different augmented reality based services. Augmented Reality is

complex to implement into mobile phone but taking into consideration the use of GPS, we

can broadcast live experience to the user with the help of Augmented views. The

Development of Augmented Reality particularly is done on two platforms Mac and Android.

Creating Android application will help the researchers to explore topic while going through

this technology. This technology will help us to map 3D objects over a 2D map. Also

Augmented Reality can be used to make Virtual Guides as well as Virtual Objects for people

in different areas. This research paper will explain how Augmented Reality Technology can

be used for Location Based Services. Location Based Services are those services which guide

users based on Location and guidance will be with the help of Augmented View or 3D

models as well. Along with 3D models we can include services like Alarming and Profiling

into it.

Keywords: Augmented Reality, Mobile Device, Location Based Services, Tracking.

I. INTRODUCTION

The use of GPS started in early 90’s but to make these services more attractive we add

up augmented reality and gps together. This will take place with the new technology called

Location Based Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality is technology which provides us a

greater view of an object. That object could be building, machine parts, virtual humans,

planets etc. The word Augment means greater or detailed view. AR of an object will produce

a detailed view. AR can be implemented for multiple objects on multiple platform. With the

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help of AR we can generate actual view of real world and we can map that view into

electronic display. We would like to use location services to help user to provide location

based services as alarms, profiling, searching nearby restaurants from its current place.

II. HISTORY

AR technology is the newest has its roots in computer interface research in the early

days of computer science. Many of the main concepts of AR have been familiar in movies

and science fiction at least as far back as movies like The Terminator (1984) and RoboCop

(1987). Both movies feature cyborg characters whose views of the world are augmented by a

steady stream of annotations and graphical overlays in their vision systems. Practical systems

using AR as it’s currently viewed began to be developed in the next decade. The term

augmented reality was introduced in 1990 by Tom Caudell, a researcher at The Boeing

Company. Throughout the early and mid 1990s, Caudell and his colleagues at Boeing worked

on developing head-mounted display systems to enable engineers to assemble complex wire

bundles using digital, AR diagrams superimposed on a board over which the wiring would be

arranged. Because they made the wiring diagrams virtual, the previous system of using

numerous unwieldy printed boards was greatly simplified.

III. FUNCTIONALITY

Functionality of our product is all the operations which can be performed as per the

users requirement. There are very few products which can perform all the operations in single

product. Our product give the facility of performing multiple operations. Overall there are

five product functionalities. This application will run in background process and also it will

have the auto start functionality. As our product is location based we will make the use of

GPS and Google maps.

IV. TRACKING

For the purpose of tracking we are going to make the use of GPS which is used

worldwide. To find the exact location we need appropriate tracking of the locations. We will

make the use of longitude and latitude API to add the location. With the help of these API’s

we will get the accurate position tracking, we will get the precision of tracking positions from

millimeters to meters. In our project framework design is based upon XML. This will give

the exact location on map which is obligatory and will show the desired building’s 3D view

on the map.

The augmented view of the place will be obtained and user can see the place on the

map. This will help to promote the advertisements and hotels can show the services and menu

card’s.

V. PROFILING

We would like to add additional operation as profiling in our product. Profile of

mobile handsets is like configuration parameters for so many things. Some of the examples of

profiles are office, silent, outdoor etc. Now people use these profiles as per their schedule but

they need to update it after their action is over. It means that profiles cannot update by it. So



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we propose applications which will automatically switching profiles as per user location. The

application also enables the user both to visualize virtual objects in the camera image and to

localize the user in a familiar environment.

VI. AUGMENTED VIEW

In genral augmented reality (AR) is known as a innovation that shows cluster of

actual /real time mixing of auto generated content with real time broadcasting. Eventually,

Augmented Reality is far different than virtual reality (VR) in which Virtual Reality thinks of

creating whole new environment whereas AR utilizes various Hard Component technologies

for the generation of view called as Augmented View..

The word augmented means greater or larger. This means augmented view will

provide us a greater and detailed view of any object. Augmented view of an object can be

useful for collecting information of that object also it may help in identifying the places for

unknown people.

Augmented view is a type of 3-Dimensional View and object can be seen from any

point or direction. Augmented view will provide accurate as well as detailed isometric model.

Isometric 3-Dimensional view generated from 2-dimensional view.

VII. PROTOTYPING

The term Prototyping means working demonstrations of computers. Prototyping

coupled with pioneering hardware constructions. Before manufacturing and mass-producing a

new invention, it is desirable and often necessary to have a working implementation, however

crude, to demonstrate it. Products from mobile phones to automobiles go through a

prototyping step and demonstrate technical features. In electronics, prototyping by means of a

temporary prototyping board enables the circuit designer to set up a working circuit for

testing without having to waste materials by soldering a permanent circuit prematurely. The

same principles are becoming increasingly true of software. Many people who are not

proficient programmers however have fascinating and ground-breaking ideas for software

prototyping tools such as the Processing programming environment were created for such

people. Just as an architect can archetype a device in order to seek funding and one day

accumulate production, a designer can prototype an application or software environment that

can later be implemented competently in a more robust or faster language.

VIII. FUTURE SCOPE

We will identify the terrorist places and will check the information of the atom-bombs

and the configuration. For implementing the above technology first we are implementing the

product called location based augmented reality.

With the help of augmented reality further we will be able to check the configuration

of the elements of fruits. We will get to know if there is any bomb placed in the fruit too, as it

will show the total information of the fruit as in how much water is present in it and what are

the vitamins we are going to obtain from it. This is the main reason we have selected the

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IX. CONCLUSIONS

Thus from above reading we can conclude that AR is technique that uses both

Hardware as well as Software techniques for generation of Augmented view which are much

different than the view in Virtual Reality.

Generating Augmented view can be very helpful in areas like Education, Mobile Tech.

and Tourism.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First and foremost we would like to thank our project guide Mrs. Pankaja

Alappanavar for their valuable guidance and advice. They have inspired us greatly to work on

this project. Their willingness to motivate us contributed tremendously to our project.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our project supervisor Mr. Anand

Magar, for his guidance, support, constant supervision and for providing us with all the

necessary information regarding the project.

We would like to express our special gratitude and thanks to our HOD Prof. Abhay

Adapanawar, whose kind co-operation and encouragement helped us in the project.

Our thanks and appreciation also goes to our colleagues who have helped us out to the best of

their abilities.

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