JSARToolkit

Original Notes

This is a JavaScript port of FLARToolKit, operating on canvas images and video element contents. And hopefully one day on device elements with webcam input.

The license is GPL 3 as was the original library. If you use it in your own scripts, you need to make the unminified unobfuscated source code of your script available and licensed under GPL 3.

All the hard work was done by the ARToolKit/NyARToolKit/FLARToolKit people, a huge thank you to them. This port was quite mechanical, though it has some major JS optimizations and a tracking robustness hack or two. And some uninformed bogus hacks in FLARParam to sort-of make it work on 16:9 video.

See demos/AR_simple_webgl.html for an example of integrating JSARToolKit output with a WebGL program.

I've only tested the ID markers and square detection paths, so you may encounter problems working with custom markers. In which case, filing a bug report on GitHub would be very much appreciated.

Ilmari Heikkinen

This work is based on the original ARToolKit developed by Hirokazu Kato Mark Billinghurst HITLab, University of Washington, Seattle http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

Updates by @neilnand

NPM & Express added to get up and running faster
Example: Multiple ID Marker Demo
Example: Single ID Marker Demo
Example: Single Custom Marker Demo
Example: Inverted Biz Card Demo
Pattern Generator Application: Custom Marker Pattern Generator Installer (AIR App)

Real World Demo

Print or Open on mobile device: neilnand-access-bizcard.gif
Visit neilnand.com/london-career-campaign using Chrome or Firefox on Desktop
Scroll to London Career Campaign
Press Click here to Activate Webcam
Show neilnand-access-bizcard.gif image to webcam

Installation

Pre-requisites

Ensure you have the following repositories setup:

NodeJS / NPM: nodejs.org, download and install NodeJS
Compass / SASS: http://compass-style.org/install/

Instructions

download this repository and install dependencies

 $ git clone git@github.com:neilnand/JSARToolKit.git
 $ cd JSARToolKit
 $ npm install
 $ bower install
 $ grunt bowerlink

start server
```
 $ grunt
```

live updates - watch for changes

 ## Run in another Terminal window
 $ grunt devwatch

open up web browser to:
```
 ## http://localhost:3000
```

Other

Minify JSARToolKit.js
```
  $ grunt minify
```