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In a nutshell, how does it work?


In a nutshell, how does it work?

According to the developer Jonas Jäger;

1.      The author creates a presentation, using a frontend tool (a download version is in development at the moment). He can import various media like images, video clips and 3D-models. The application exports this presentation as a XML file.

2.      This XML file is uploaded to a webserver, together with all the necessary assets.

3.      From the URL of the XML presentation you generate a QR-Code. This unique QR-Code will lead the flash application to the right presentation, so that the application itself can stay the same and can be used by everyone…nobody has to compile his own version of the application to share his augmented business card.Now you print the QR-Code on the back side of your business card, together with the AR-marker.

4.      The person who you gave your card to can now start the application on a website (since it is developed in flash you can run it in any browser) or download it to his computer as an executable file.

The application could also be converted to an AIR-Application.The application was developed using FLARtoolkit, Papervision 3D, FLARmanager and the Ribbit API. There was no CGI or postprocessing involved and the real application is shown in the video clip above. The source-code will be released under the Creative Commons license.