CS 498 MA4

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in computer science intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Topic: Mobile Augmented Reality for Pedestrian Navigation. In this course we will be concentrating on recent technology that facilitates the development of augmented reality pedestrian navigation applications: geo-referenced data (maps, LiDAR point clouds, panoramic images and depth maps, 3D models), smartphones (phone sensors: camera, GPS, accelerometer, compass), graphics engines (OpenGL ES) to overlay relevant information in the viewfinder, and, more recently, vision engines that perform natural feature detection and tracking in the video data captured with the phone camera. This is a project-focused class. We will build prototype applications for Nokia mobile phones using Commercial GIS/Map data. We will also read and present relevant papers. Several presenters from the Geospatial industry will come to talk about the latest relevant technology. This section is for either undergraduate or graduate students.