Category: Tutorials

Have you ever wondered how to measure the performance of ARToolKit for JavaScript (JSARToolKit) inside the web-browser? I’ve done it, and the following article will outline how I did it.   ARToolKit for JavaScript JSARToolKit …

If you want to do broader augmented reality with not only a mobile phone and its camera you might want to look into using a Raspberry PI. Developing and compiling on the PI can be …

From the SolarSystem example I have created this amazing SolarSystem example using ARToolKit5. It is a great way to show how to bring Augmented Reality to life. With the release of ARToolKit6, I felt the …

Update 1: As it looks the download of the ARToolKit6 SDKs has been taken down. We need to wait for some announcement on what is happening with the project.     I have been asked, …

Virtual buttons with ARToolKit5 and Android NDK I recently came across a very cool Augmented Reality video that demonstrates the use of virtual buttons using ARToolKit5 with Unity3D. Following this idea, I created an example that …

Hello everyone, when starting with ARToolKit development I found that it is somehow difficult to understand the transformation matrix and how to retrieve the distance between camera and marker. Marker transformation matrix First of all, …

Hi everyone, I often get the question: “How to tell if the marker is detected in Unity3D?” The easiest thing to find that out is to listen for the OnMarkerFound(ARMarker)  and OnMarkerTracked(ARMarker)  events. ARToolKit5 is …

If you are creating a game with ARToolKit on Unity you most likely use the Unity 3D plugin from the ARToolKit.org website. Unfortunately, that release is a bit old and does not contain such features like …

Did you ever want to control the universe? In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how you can make your desk the center of the universe. You are going to set up a solar …

How to control a robot with OpenSpace3D In this tutorial you will learn how you can build an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) app using OpenSpace3D. With their latest release OpenSpace3D included the ARToolKit5 library. Components …