Augmented Reality Mixing and Merging

What the talk is about

Semen Frish talks about mixing real and virtual content in augmented reality: what the AR and VR market looks like and which experiments his team ran. His examples include working with drone video and rebuilding 3D models from ordinary photos (photogrammetry). According to him, the requirements for the images are low: a handful of photos with roughly 30% overlap is enough, and a resolution of a few megapixels will do. In the Q&A, the discussion turns to choosing AR tools: Vuforia and its licensing terms for business, other SDKs, and the native solutions from Google and Apple, which the speaker sees as the safest bet for the next couple of years. Useful for developers choosing an SDK for AR projects and anyone interested in 3D scanning from photos.