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I searched over the Internet and found a few installation projects related to AR/mirror. Thankfully there are no project same as my FYP topic, but the similarity and difference is very useful for me to direct my FYP.

Brainmirror

Website: http://www.brainmirror.se/

This is the most similar project I found. The project is a installation art which projecting brains on the mirror. The brain is placed on the viewer’s head which is motion-tracked with the help of a special hamlet. Visitors can see the cross-section of the brains by moving their head towards an imaginary vertical plane.

The installation’s visual outcome is very close to what I what to achieve, but I am aiming more abstract thing than human brain. My version can be more interactive with the use of hands and whole body movement while Brainmirror fixed the virtual object (the brain) on the head position (it simplified the perspective problem but limiting visitors’ interaction which I do not want).

Miragraphy

Web page: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2005/07/0719a.html

This project is a product by Japanese. It also use back-projection technique to project virtual objects on the mirror to form a mixed reality.It can provides information of clothes and let visitors virtually try the clothes.

For the technical side of this project, the tracking and virtual objects is just 2D. It means there is no rotation-y and rotation-x for the virtual objects. I think the technique used in this project is not well developed resulting reduced experience. For the artistic side, the product is fully targeted at consumer application but not an artwork which I feel quite disappointed with the visual effects.

Interactive Mirror

Web page: http://blog.litstudios.com/index.php?/archives/14-Interactive-Mirror.html

It is again projecting things on mirror, but the interaction is by direct touching on the mirror(multi-touch) without any motion tracking. The system created in the project is then used in showroom and other product promotion events.

The visual effect is very beautiful which is similar to what I want. What I want more is to bring the interaction into 3D but not limited in the mirror surface.

I searched over the Internet and found a few installation projects related to AR/mirror. Thankfully there are no project same as my FYP topic, but the similarity and difference is very useful for me to direct my FYP. Brainmirror Website: http://www.brainmirror.se/ This is the most similar project I found. The project is a installation art which projecting brains on the mirror. The brain is placed on the viewer's head which is motion-tracked with the help of a special hamlet. Visitors can see the cross-section of the brains by moving their head towards an imaginary vertical plane. The installation's visual outcome is very close to what I what to achieve, but I am aiming more abstract thing than human brain. My version can be more interactive with the use of hands and whole body movement while Brainmirror fixed the virtual object (the brain) on the head position (it simplified the perspective problem but limiting visitors' interaction which I do not want). Miragraphy Web page: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2005/07/0719a.html This project is a product by Japanese. It also use back-projection technique to project virtual objects on the mirror to form a mixed reality.It can provides information of clothes and let visitors virtually try the clothes. For the technical side of this project, the tracking and virtual objects is just 2D. It means there is no rotation-y and rotation-x for the virtual objects. I think the technique used in this project is not well developed resulting reduced experience. For the artistic side, the product is fully targeted at consumer application but not an artwork which I feel quite disappointed with the visual effects. Interactive Mirror Web page: http://blog.litstudios.com/index.php?/archives/14-Interactive-Mirror.html It is again projecting things on mirror, but the interaction is by direct touching on the mirror(multi-touch) without any motion tracking. The system created in the project is then used in showroom and other product promotion events. The visual effect is very beautiful which is similar to what I want. What I want more is to bring the interaction into 3D but not limited in the mirror surface.