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limitedwave:productions is the creative arm of me, Andy Harper, and a select few of my pals. We produce anything you could possibly want for just about anything that has a screen on it. Web sites, printed materials, video players, videos, soundtracks, etc etc. If it can be seen on a screen, we’ll make you one.
Work
Augmented Reality in Flash/Flex aka FLAR.
There’s two things that sell me here before anything else – “Augmented Reality” and “FLAR”. How can you not be interested? FL is for Flash, and AR is obvious. Sooooo, you have Flash get a live feed from the users web cam, and you hold something like a card or piece of paper in from of it. Flash recognizes the symbol printed on the card/paper and shazaam, a designated something gets attached to the symbol you’re holding. It makes a bit more sense to see it.
My first simple test is here using Saqoosha’s libraries for Flash. Its a simple cube attachment. My second test was a bit more complicated and can be seen here. It came from the FlarManager Toolkit for Flex. It uses multiple marks and an animated model of a dude walking.
Don’t miss this sample either: Desktop Fireworks from Saqoosha.net.
If you’re a Flex developer, get the FlarManager toolkit here. The Flex libraries are super cool. For Flash developers start here with Saqoosha’s jump off. You’ll need that and the AIR app to make the Markers (cards you hold up). Or to make a marker you can go here build a marker online.
The first actual implementation I’ve seen of this thus far (as in a game or something) comes from FiveStoneStudios in Franklin TN. TastyPixel is their game, its bad ass.
