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1 1 Project Proposal Eden Trails Demo #2 (GPS version) Document Version 2.0 / 06/11/2017 Key: AR: Wikitude: IDE: Unity: Xamarin: Visual Studio: Envisioning: POI: MAPBOX: Augmented Reality an AR SDK Integrated Development Environment. an IDE primarily targeted at the games industry. a cross platform SDK based on mono. a Microsoft IDE that integrates fully with Xamarin. Product Planning Points of Interest Company that provides Map Styling and Map plugin for most SDKs. Summary This document describes a proposal for an app that showcases Augmented Reality 2D and 3D objects. The AR objects prime purpose is to enhance the visitor experience at the Eden Project by providing informative, educational, entertaining and engaging content. The app has a minimal interface, providing direct access to information and videos simply by pointing the camera at a marker. The marker locations are shown using a radar control as well as pins within the AR world. It must be emphasised that the team will be using an Agile methodology, so it is likely that the final product may vary slightly from what is initially proposed. The team will endeavour to ensure that any variation from the initial brief will be fully communicated with the client, and any changes made will hopefully result in a far better end product.

2 2 Table of Contents Project Proposal Eden Trails Demo # Key:... 1 Summary... 1 Customer... 3 Product Overview / Mocked Screenshots... 3 Software Architecture Budget / Resource Estimate Milestone Dates

3 Customer The customers are the organisers and technical lead at the Eden Project, Hannah and Bill.

real and virtual world. The app should appeal to all ages, and be engaging and stimulating.

me play (e.g. collecting all the markers, spotting the hidden AR object).

several solution. (5 of which are shown below). Fig 1 - Motive.

without having to rerelase app ) Fig 3 - ibeacon app showing feasibility of using ibeacons to locate

3 3 Customer The customers are the organisers and technical lead at the Eden Project, Hannah and Bill. Their main requirement is for an app that provides educational content and bridges the gap between the real and virtual world. The app should appeal to all ages, and be engaging and stimulating. It is hoped that the app will be enhanced later on to provide some form of game play (e.g. collecting all the markers, spotting the hidden AR object). Research / Mocked Screenshots 6 prototypes were initially created to research the feasibility of several solution. (5 of which are shown below). Fig 1 - Motive.io Game Solution Fig 2 - Azure Server based solution providing overlayed Map data ( customisable without having to rerelase app ) Fig 3 - ibeacon app showing feasibility of using ibeacons to locate items of interest Fig 4 - Editing open street map data to show pathways and POI so that off line map apps ( such as maps.me ) will still have access to GPS data Fig 5 - Apple ARKit (ios 11) AR demo of 3D models at key locations.

4 4 Fig 1 shows the Motive.IO SDK ghost hunter app modified to be centred at the Eden Project Location. Through the use of a web based catalogue, the team could have edited the tasks, the collectable AR items, and all the visual assets. Fig 2 - shows an Azure demo created in Xamarin which serves GPS data from a back-end database. The idea behind this app was that the Eden Project team could update the POI locations using a web site, and not have to keep updating the app. The new location information would automatically propagate to all the mobile apps using the Azure web service. Fig 3 Shows an ibeacon app. An administrator would enter the UUID, the major and minor values and the app users would then see the items of interest coming into range through pop up notifications on their phones. The app would not even have to be running for the notifications to be sent. Fig 4 Shows the openstreetmap.org website, with modifications made to the Eden Project Rainforest Biome to show paths, and items of special interest. This data was not saved otherwise it would have become live immediately, so a screenshot was taken before the data changes were cancelled. Saving this data would have resulted in apps such as maps.me and mapbox maps receiving an up to date and detailed map of the Eden Site, that could have then been automatically integrated into the hundreds of apps that use mapbox. Fig 5 Shows a mock up 3D Dinosaur in a rainforest environment. There are no limits now to the possibilities of AR using 3D models in a real world environment. As the modelling kits such as 3DSMax, Maya and Blender become more powerful and the rendering becomes more realistic, it will soon be almost impossible to tell virtual AR objects from real world objects. The sixth prototype app that the team decided to create was one based on the Wikitude SDK. Since the team were predominantly graphic designers and illustrators, it was felt that a project that focused on content rather than elaborate functionality was a sensible direction. The app would use markers to trigger 2D (and 3D at a later date) content within an AR world. The app will have minimal user interface, as the true value of the app lies in the realistic and informative AR content. The app loads to a landing page/home page showing a map.

5 5 Landing/Home page (as shown on the iphone 8 A logo will be displayed at the top of the home screen with pan and zoom capability.

6 Zoomed Map View (as shown on ipad) The above map could be replaced by google maps or bing maps or mapbox maps, however the resolution provided by these map providers would not be high enough to see

6 6 Zoomed Map View (as shown on ipad) The above map could be replaced by google maps or bing maps or mapbox maps, however the resolution provided by these map providers would not be high enough to see inside the dome. For this reason, the rainforest biome would have to be represented by this image. All other parts of the Eden Project site would be represented by the actual map view which would also show the user location in relation to the marker locations.

7 7 Camera View (with Augmented Reality Overlay) After user clicks on one of the labels showing marker reminders. The marker reminders will only show markers nearby. There will be a back button located in the final version of this app, which allows the user to navigate back to the map view.

8 8 Camera View when marker is recognised. Augmented Reality View showing virtual butterflies. In most cases the AR content will be links to existing Eden Project videos or videos make by the Eden Project or rotoscoped videos provided by the Falmouth Eden Trails team.

Ideas for identifying the marker location include a combination of a radar control, or marker pins shown in the AR world.

9 9 Since it is not realistic to expect the visitor to wander around the site trying to find AR content by pointing the camera at every exhibit, some form of assistance is required with the location. Ideas for identifying the marker location include a combination of a radar control, or marker pins shown in the AR world. A radar control could be used to show the GPS location of the key items of interest. Marker Pins could also be used to show the GPS location of the key items of interest.

10 10 Software Architecture. The app will be developed using Visual Studio on a Mac using Xamarin and the Wikitude AR Plugin. The app will be cross platform working for both Android and ios platforms.

11 11 Budget / Resource Estimate Task Effort (days) Budget Comments Create IOS app 2 framework Create logo and icons 2 for app Android and IOS) Create Android app 2 framework Integrate Wikitude 2 into IOS app. Integrate Wikitude 2 into Android app Add markers and AR 1 content to app Add map with pins to 5 Android Add map with pins to 2 IOS platform Add navigation from 1 map to AR view Android Adding RADAR control 1 to IOS platform Adding RADAR control 1 to Android platform Adding Marker pins to 4 AR world (IOS) Adding Marker pins to 4 Android AR world Add navigation from 1 map to AR View ios Deploy Android app to 2 google store Deploy ios app to 2 Apple App store Beta test Android app 1 Beta test IOS app 1 Obtain Wikitude n/a 2990 euros. License TOTAL 36

12 12 Milestone Dates. Apart from these milestone dates, a fully working prototype will be delivered every 3 weeks in order to obtain customer feedback. Date Milestone Comments 6 th November 2017 Product Proposal Falmouth Uni deadline deadline 15 th December 2017 Creative App Artefact Falmouth Uni deadline 8 th January 2018 Reflective Evaluation of working with Client Falmouth Uni deadline

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