Stage-Based Augmented Edutainment

Augmented Reality (AR) in the real world is still an unsolved task. Beyond toy systems there are no scalable solutions for outdoor systems that include augmented real-time graphics. The problems are multifold: rendering capacities, tracking problems, data handling and gaps in coverage of tracking and/or graphic data. Our approach introduces an edutainment system that presents an AR system for edutainment. We work around these problems through a stage-based approach for AR. Stages are AR-islands in the real world, where selected functions can be performed. The stages are connected through a navigational system that links them together. For our application domain, an edutainment system, we employ a digital story telling scenario that links the stages semantically. Human computer-interaction in the proposed system is through a multi-modal interface that can be accessed through various devices. The advantage of our stage-based system is scalability and robustness of an outdoor and real-world AR system.