20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall Fraunhofer IGD presents Augmented Reality technology for assistant living using the example of Berlin. Center of the project is a table with a satellite image of Berlin on which a 3D model of the Berlin Wall and the urban development from 1940 – 2008 are displayed. Therefore urban grain plans showing areas covered with buildings is augmented on the satellite image. The visualization is presented on UMPCs and the iPhone via video seethrough. Furthermore posters are showing the system working outdoors. Historic photographs are seamless superimposed and showing the development of landmarks. The interface is kept very simple by fading in information and overlays context and location-sensitive. a4www.igd.fraunhofer.de http
This would be really cool if it was 3D. You could take a picture of the Colosseum and it would overlay what it used to look like. Then, panning your camera, it could overlay all of ancient Rome over the modern one. THAT would be epic!
Another interesting feature would be a 2d to 3d conversion of the historical structure and allow navigation through the interior of the picture combined with a narrative of interesting pictures and images within the ancient structure.