Session: Game technologies – putting them to good use in AR

Presenter: Paul Foster, Microsoft
Time: 12:15 – 13:15, Friday 30 September

Delivering cutting edge Augmented Reality solutions is made simplier using game technologies. This session will demonstrate how to simply build AR solutions incorporating marker discovery, in place video and animated 3D models using XNA on Windows Phone Mango. Some additional mucking about with a Kinect will conclude the fun.

Paul FosterPaul has been programming computers and building bits of kit for over 27 years, of which 15 have been with Microsoft in a variety of technology evangelist roles. Always looking to build with the latest and greatest technology available, Paul spends his time sharing his activities and creations online via his blog or in person. Paul is a keen dinghy sailor, and for a short time was a member of a circus flying trapeze troupe.