Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) overlays digital information onto the real world, aiming to enhance user interaction and understanding of their environment. Current research focuses on improving the accuracy and robustness of AR systems, particularly in areas like 3D object recognition and pose estimation, often employing deep learning models (e.g., convolutional neural networks) and techniques such as simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and 3D Gaussian splatting. These advancements are driving significant improvements in applications ranging from surgery and robotics to industrial automation and consumer experiences, enabling more precise and intuitive interactions with both physical and virtual worlds.
Papers
Towards Intelligent Augmented Reality (iAR): A Taxonomy of Context, an Architecture for iAR, and an Empirical Study
Shakiba Davari, Daniel Stover, Alexander Giovannelli, Cory Ilo, Doug A. Bowman
CleAR: Robust Context-Guided Generative Lighting Estimation for Mobile Augmented Reality
Yiqin Zhao, Mallesham Dasari, Tian Guo
FlightAR: AR Flight Assistance Interface with Multiple Video Streams and Object Detection Aimed at Immersive Drone Control
Oleg Sautenkov, Selamawit Asfaw, Yasheerah Yaqoot, Muhammad Ahsan Mustafa, Aleksey Fedoseev, Daria Trinitatova, Dzmitry Tsetserukou
Satori: Towards Proactive AR Assistant with Belief-Desire-Intention User Modeling
Chenyi Li, Guande Wu, Gromit Yeuk-Yin Chan, Dishita G Turakhia, Sonia Castelo Quispe, Dong Li, Leslie Welch, Claudio Silva, Jing Qian
Towards a Reliable Offline Personal AI Assistant for Long Duration Spaceflight
Oliver Bensch, Leonie Bensch, Tommy Nilsson, Florian Saling, Wafa M. Sadri, Carsten Hartmann, Tobias Hecking, J. Nathan Kutz
ARCADE: Scalable Demonstration Collection and Generation via Augmented Reality for Imitation Learning
Yue Yang, Bryce Ikeda, Gedas Bertasius, Daniel Szafir
ARPOV: Expanding Visualization of Object Detection in AR with Panoramic Mosaic Stitching
Erin McGowan, Ethan Brewer, Claudio Silva
Precise Workcell Sketching from Point Clouds Using an AR Toolbox
Krzysztof Zieliński, Bruce Blumberg, Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard
Seamless Augmented Reality Integration in Arthroscopy: A Pipeline for Articular Reconstruction and Guidance
Hongchao Shu, Mingxu Liu, Lalithkumar Seenivasan, Suxi Gu, Ping-Cheng Ku, Jonathan Knopf, Russell Taylor, Mathias Unberath