Computer Engineering

Augmented reality in public spaces
This manual is aimed at enthusiasts and experimenters in the visual field who wish to acquire the skills for creating video mapping performances. It has been done intentionally to enter into the category of texts dealing with Augmented Reality, in that it reflects its principles and objectives.
To date this book is the first text that collects in an organic and comprehensive way all the necessary steps so that the reader, even if inexperienced, can approach video mapping. The topics have, in fact, been dealt with in the light of the increasing difficulty in using the various types of software.
The web offers the chance to see many tutorials on the subject, but none of them explain comprehensively how to achieve a performance: from the choice of location to the survey, from the choice of the projector up to the techniques to capture architecture.
There is currently no single software that allows the complete management of a performance of video mapping, as this discipline encompasses very different skills ranging from sound design to the generation of video clips, through to 3D modeling. Multimedia planning is characterised by cross-disciplinary skills that the contemporary performer must necessarily possess; he must be able to manage different disciplines and software which is increasingly complex and powerful.
Video mapping, with the ability to use open source software, has had a strong initial push that has allowed its progress and dissemination. It can be used in any context in which you want to transform an object into a dynamic display.
In this volume all the topics covered in the various workshops that the gloWArp studio has held on the subject are addressed in a gradual and complete way, providing advice and guidance on practical problems encountered in the course of the professional activity. The experience gained during the application of such techniques in situations of all kinds, from the simplest to the most complex, such as archaeological excavations or organic systems, is the strong point of the book which intends to provide a solid methodological basis for addressing both simple systems described here and more complex systems, which will be developed in Volume 2.

Therefore it represents a teaching aid that allows everyone to learn the technique of video mapping, using it and enhancing it, and later, creating an interactive and comprehensive performance through the use of kinect® or software nodes. The decision to apply the theoretical tools on a real structure which is readily available, allows you to immediately apply the knowledge you have gained and test your level of preparedness for more complex architectural mapping.
Finally, a lot of attention has been paid to the selection of software, in such a way that all readers that intend to approach video mapping – whether they are PC or Mac users – can find in this volume the right training guide for this discipline.

to buy:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Donato-Maniello/e/B083RHCCLB?fbclid=IwAR3xgI3gkbXdmN0MuKobpq-Gt1OGuP1-ghOFCHRAlmDgVozS-Z5b57vx_po

info vol.I:
http://www.glowarp.com/video-mapping-book_eng.html