The document discusses Fovear, a hybrid display system that combines optically see-through near-eye glasses with spatial augmented reality projections to enhance the field of view (FOV) for augmented reality experiences. It outlines the components, calibration steps, and multi-pass rendering required for the system, and presents several applications and user feedback highlighting its pros and cons. The conclusion emphasizes the system's ability to provide complementary visual experiences through collaboration between the glasses and projector.

1. Presenter | r03944021 Pei-Hsuan Tsai
FoveAR: Combining an Optically See-Through
Near-Eye Display with Spatial
Augmented Reality Projections
ACM UIST 2015
2016-01-26
Hrvoje Benko, Eyal Ofek, Feng Zheng, Andy Wilson
Microsoft Research

5. Hrvoje Benko
Senior Researcher in
Natural Interaction Research group
at Microsoft Research
Eyal Ofek Feng Zheng Andy Wilson
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Authors
Computational Illumination and Augmented Reality
Multitouch Input Devices
Touch and Gestures on New Form Factors
Research Interests

7. ACM UIST 2010

8. ACM CHI 2012

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11. ACM CHI 2013

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17. ACM UIST 2015

18. ACM CSCW 2016

19. Peripheral
Projected Displays
FoveAR
Extending
the FoV
Spatial Augmented
Reality
AR
Improve beam splitter design
head / shoulder - mounted projector
light field display
VR Multiple Displays
ShaderLamps [EWRT’01, Raskar]
MirageTable [CHI’12, Benko]
Dyadic SAR [UIST’14, Benko]
IllumiRoom [CHI’13, Jones]
Occlusion Shadows [ISMAR’02, Bimber]
[UIST ’15, Benko ]

20. Peripheral
Projected Displays
FoveAR
Extending
the FoV
Spatial Augmented
Reality
AR
Improve beam splitter design
head / shoulder - mounted projector
light field display
VR Multiple Displays
ShaderLamps [EWRT’01, Raskar]
MirageTable [CHI’12, Benko]
Dyadic SAR [UIST’14, Benko]
IllumiRoom [CHI’13, Jones]
Occlusion Shadows [ISMAR’02, Bimber]
[UIST ’15, Benko ]

21. FoV of OST Near-Eye Glasses

22. FoV of VR Headset
VR Headset Field Of View
StarVR 210
VR Union Claire 170
Wearality Sky 150
GameFace Labs VR 140
ImmersiON-VRelia BlueSky PRO 123
Oculus Rift (Development Kit 1) 110
HTC Vive 110
FOVE 100
Oculus Rift (Development Kit 2) 100
Sony Project Morpheus 100
Razer OSVR 100
Zeiss One VR 100
Samsung Gear VR 96
AirVR (iPhone) 90
Google Cardboard 90

23. ✓ A wide FoV AR experience:
combine eyeglasses OST AR display with custom projector and
depth camera unit to extend the FoV
✓ 4 experiences to demonstrate the important characteristics of this
hybrid display
✓ A set of considerations that frame the design space for
implementing FoveAR experience
Main Contributions

24. ① Lumus DK-32 (OST glasses, 1280x720) with 6 retro-reflective spheres
② Optoma GT760 DLP (projector, 1280x800) and Microsoft Kinect v2
③ OptiTrack Flex 3 motion tracking system (8 cameras on the ceiling)
④ Windows 8 (Dual Xeon 2.66GHz, 24GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 980)
System Overview
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26. ✓ 4 steps
① calibrate the projector with respect to the Kinect camera
② calibrate the OptiTrack tracking system with respect to the Kinect
③ measure the offsets between the retro-reflective tracking markers and
the glasses display
④ measure the interpupillary distance for each user
Calibration

28. ✓ Multi-pass rendering process for the projector
① render both virtual objects and real geometry in and offscreen buffer
② render the inset area which corresponds to the FoV of the glasses
✓ Finally, we render the scene five times for each frame:
‣ twice for glasses (one for each eye)
‣ once for projected periphery (offscreen)
‣ once for projected inset (offscreen)
‣ once for projection mapping and compositing process for the projector
view
Dynamic View-Dependent Projections

29. Dynamic View-Dependent Projections

31. ✓ Projection Aids Glasses
‣ projector is thought of as an assistive modality to the glasses
‣ add brightness, highlight, dynamic light source (Occlusion Shadows)
‣ non-view dependent
✓ Glasses Aid Projection
‣ an assistive modality to the projector
‣ spatially three dimension (glasses provide stereo views)
‣ if out of FoV of projector
Glasses Display vs Projection

32. ✓ Provide Different Content
‣ provide different, but complementary content
‣ enable the private content (e.g. playing cards)
‣ as a “magic” lens into a projected space offering additional information
‣ multi-user experience
‣ HDR
Glasses Display vs Projection

33. Applications
3D Model Animation
Wide-Angle Immersive Simulation
3D Life-Size Telepresence
AR Shooter Game
Private Content in Glasses

34. 3D Model Animation

35. Wide-Angle Immersive Simulation

36. 3D Life-Size Telepresence

37. AR Shooter Game

38. Private Content in Glasses

39. ✓ Tracking lag
✓ Tracking noise
✓ Content misalignment (future: HDR)
✓ Focus mismatch
✓ Lack of radiometric compensation
✓ Only for a single user
Limitations & Future Work

40. ✓ demo to 5 users, 3 of them were very familiar with VR gaming and HMD
✓ Pros
‣ be surprised by the NARROW FoV of AR glasses
‣ extended FoV is beneficial
‣ no simulator sickness (even with tracking noise and lag)
‣ no fusing stereo images problem (even partially shown in glasses and projector)
‣ 3D life-size teleconferencing
‣ combine public and private views (but not unique to FoveAR!!!)
✓ Cons
‣ tracking problems (same as Limitation)
‣ color / brightness difference
‣ system is complex and the benefits are not large enough for them to install it in houses
User Feedback

41. ✓ A proof-of-concept hybrid AR display combining a tracked OST
near-eye glasses and view-dependent projection
✓ Glasses and projector complement each other and offer private
stereoscopic views, per-pixel controlled ambient lighting, and
surface shading effects
Conclusion

42. Thank You for Listening :)