Week 5 Augmented Reality at Chavin de Huántar Updates

Hello! As of our last update the team has been working on polishing their Unity and Vuforia skills in order to start development of a simple test app for our project. After researching the possible developer kits and methods to implement an AR app with android devices, we have chosen to create a marker based AR application with the Vuforia Unity plug in. 

Marker based AR applications use a scanned image(the marker) and render a 3D model, another image, video, or scene and interact with it using your device. Below you can see an example of this type of application using images of cards that describe the 3D object that is rendered when viewing the card through a device such as a mobile phone.

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A picture showing picture markers to snap a 3D object on screen in Unity workspace using Vuforia developer kits

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Our current major challenge is that we cannot be in Chavin to test and build our application. So in order to accommodate and still work toward our end goal we will be selecting a Stanford campus building to create the foundation of our app. This will not only allow us to work on developing a robust system that conforms to the goals of our project but also learn of any potential issues early on before going on site to test. 

​We are excited to start developing and are continuing our exploration of possibilities of AR technology for the site!