After shifting the focus of my thesis, I also shifted my main reference. In the beginning I was particularly inspired by the research of Frederic Cox. He focused his research on Augmented Reality. I really like the concept of AR, and it was my intention to focus my research on that subject as well. But [...]
Posts Tagged Master thesis
Expert Interview
Dec 22
One of my two promoters, Rudi, arranged a visit to ESATfor Peter and me, a research department of the KULeuven. They work around Image Processing and Visualisation, and Augmented Reality is one of the subjects they are looking into. We got a tour from Paul Konijn who explained what was going on at the moment, [...]
Ubiquitous shops
Nov 13
Looks like I found a different focus for my thesis research. In my previous post I referred to a blogger writing about nanotechnology, and I wanted to do something with this subject. Actually working with nanotechnology is way too expensive and way to difficult. How way? Way way! But after some lectures about the New [...]
Indeed. I mean, it’s still a terrific technology with huge potential. I even believe it to be the medium of the future. A while ago I read an interesting theory of human nano-enhancement, which would include projection on the iris. This would be augmenting reality in an extreme way. There are less extreme applications though. [...]
Thesis proposition
Oct 12
A new year has started. I got my Bachelor’s Degree, and decided to tie an extra year to my trajectory. This means I can get a Master’s Degree by summer 2010. Before I can call myself a Master of Arts I have to follow some courses, and for the biggest part, write a thesis. I [...]
Yep, my hairs needed another session from my hairdresser. While he was doing his magic with scissors and razor, suddenly the bright light struck me. I was explaining what we are doing at Bivolino. And while saying rendering technique, the buzzword augmented reality crossed my mind. And both subjects connected immediately. Suddenly fresh air found [...]