README.md

AR-Marker-Generator

A processing sketch that generates markers for Augmented Reality applications like Vuforia. This allows you to create single markers but also named sets of markers (batch processing).

How to use

Using directly in the Processing IDE

1. Edit the file marker_names.txt to add your own market names.
2. Edit the file and add each marker name; separating each word with a comma (,).
3. Open the armarkergenerator.pde sketch in your processing IDE.
4. Click play to start generating your AR markers. These will show up in your markersdirectory. (Note that you can change this directory by changing the variable String directory = "markers";)

Using the binary executables (releases)

1. Edit the file marker_names.txt to add your own market names. Note: when you are using the executable in Mac, this text file is bundled inside the executable.app, which you can view when you open the .app as a folder, e.g., armarkergenerator.app/Contents/Java/data/)
2. Edit the file and add each marker name; separating each word with a comma (,).
3. Download the release from our github (depends on your operating system and comes bundled with java already)
4. Double click to execute it.
5. It will start generating your AR markers; then wait for it to close automatically (likely takes 10 seconds). The markers will show up in your markersdirectory.

Examples of generated markers

• color and low density of triangles (tested in Vuforia and HoloLens with good results)

• color and low density of triangles (tested in Vuforia and HoloLens with good results)

Testing

• This has been successfully tested using Processing 3.0b4 (alpha), which is revision 0242. If you tested on a newer version, feel free to let us know what happened using a issue tracker / pull request.

• The markers have been used in a custom app built with Vuforia + Unity3D inside the HoloLens.