International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) is the leading venue for publishing the latest Mixed and Augmented Reality research,
applications and technologies. This special section presents
significantly extended versions of the best papers from the
IEEE ISMAR 2013 proceedings. These papers consider two
enduring themes of AR research—the development of the
basic technology to support mixed and augmented reality
experiences, and the ways in which these technologies can
be used to create those experiences.
The first paper, “Real-Time 3D Tracking and Reconstruction on Mobile Phones” by Victor Prisacariu, Olaf Kahler,
David Murray, and Ian Reid, considers the problems of
creating 3D models and how these can be then used to
track the motion of a camera. Considering the problem of
reconstructing models in museums, the authors develop
new algorithms which are capable of handling untextured
objects, blur and other challenging conditions. Remarkably,
these algorithms can be made to operate in real-time on
smartphones, bringing the vision of ubiquitous, real-time
AR one step closer