July 2015
Beginner to intermediate
739 pages
26h 7m
English
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Scalable Augmented
Reality on Mobile
Devices
Applications, Challenges,
Methods, and Software
Xin Yang and K.T. Tim Cheng
9.1 APPLICATIONS
In recent years, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have experienced
phenomenal growth. Their computing power has grown enormously and the integra-
tion of a wide range of sensors, for example, compass, accelerometer, gyroscope,
GPS, etc., has signicantly enriched these devices’ functionalities. The connectivity
of smartphones has also gone through rapid evolution. A variety of radios including
cellular broadband, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC available in today’s smartphones
enable users to commun ...