I will be tracking my progress throughout the project using a Trello board. I will be using a Trello board as it allows me to list the various elements that I will be working on individually and move them along the timeline when appropriate. Tracking my progress throughout the project Read more…
The first and most important feature of the application is the re-creation of specific locations within Pontefract Castle using augmented reality. The user would scan a QR code using the application and point their phone towards the location of the ruined structure. Having scanned the QR code, the application would Read more…
Pontefract is a market town located in West Yorkshire England. Fawcett (1921) noted that, during the English Civil War, the town was a dominating military position that had no rival as a fortress site. Though the town has been known as Pontefract for centuries now, that was not the town’s Read more…
Carmigniani and Furht (2011) describe augmented reality as “a real-time direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment that has been enhanced/augmented by adding virtual computer-generated information to it” Augmented reality has been used to create a variety of applications with varying uses. Three application that use augmented reality Read more…
My goal for the Major Project module is to design an application that will rebuild elements of Pontefract Castle using augmented reality. Using this application, a user would be able to point their mobile device towards specific locations within Pontefract Castle and see them rebuilt in augmented reality. According to Read more…