more AR research

Finally found an SDK that seems more in my league: ARToolKit. (It runs on DAQRI, but is free/open-source)

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Found this article comforting, with some good, simple takeaways. One of them: ‘exhaust the Sample Apps’.

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Here is me testing the first demo app. It works!

Found some examples with three.js, using JSARtoolkit:
[ https://artoolkit.github.io/jsartoolkit5/examples/pattern_threejs.html ]

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Unfortunately, no location-based AR tools in the ARToolKit… now what?
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Time to learn Map Kit! (a framework specific to location-based iOS functionality)
A friend sent me some chapters of this book that include tutorials, directly dealing with Map Kit. (in Swifttttttt !)

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The next step: get more familiar with 3D graphic models.

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