SmarterObjects: augmented reality with virtual interfaces to interact with objects

MIT Media Lab is developing the SmarterObjects project that allows you to superimpose virtual controls on everyday objects and interact with them through augmented reality with a touch screen.

Augmented reality technology to interact with physical objects and surfaces is the basis of the 'SmarterObjects' project developed by the MIT Media Lab, in which you overlay virtual controls and interfaces on objects and interact with them using a touch screen of a smartphone or tablet.

The SmarterObjects project thus allows control from a light switch, open a door, upload the sound of a computer or other electronic device by viewing its controls and interacting with these objects in a tactile way through the tablet.

Its operation is simple: when the terminal camera is directed towards the chosen physical object, the SmarterObjects application automatically creates a graphical interface through which you can act on the physical buttons, defining new settings.

Scientists explain that the discovery and programming phase of an electronic device is the one that requires the most visual attention., since you have to adjust and customize its functionalities (light, extinguish, Etc.), and then interact with them through the screen.

This augmented reality application has been presented by researchers from the Fluid Interfaces group of the MIT Media Lab in the edition 2013 of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2013), held on 27 From April to 2 May in Paris (France).

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