Shinigami

Introduction to ARToolKit & Blender as seen at MakerFaire RI 2009
Free Augmented Reality Tools Presented by Duke Atkinson, Manny Collins, KeithSimmons, and Casey Lee

Files We'll See:
.blend: Native to blender, a 3D modeling application .wrl: VRML models exported and ready for ARToolit.dat: Tells ARToolkit how to scale and position your model patt.anyName: The generated pattern definition object_data_vrml: links .dat files to patternsBlender to ARToolKit Ready in 8 Steps
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create your 3D scene in Blender Add a few light objects with Add -> Lamp Export a VRML97(.wrl) file Keep your texture image in the same place (if applicable) Edit your .wrl file and change the value of "headlight" from FALSE to TRUE 6.Copy any .dat file as an example with the same name as your model 7. Change your .dat copy to use your newly created .wrl file 8. Keep this .dat fileand .wrl file together

Telling ARToolKit to use Your Files
1. Edit object_data_vrml in the data directory (which is within bin in the bundledexamples) 2. Change the number of patterns to be recognized to the nubmer of models you have (default is 2) 3. Make your definition for each model#pattern 1 VRML Wrl/snoman.dat Data/patt.hiro 80.0 0.0 0.0 4. Leave comments with # symbol

Moment of Truth
1. 2. 3. 4. Start simpleVRML.exe and hopefor the best Troubleshoot by running via command line Problems are most likely in the file object_data_vrml Share your digital ninja technique!