DunavNET releases ARgenie, Augmented Reality creator for rapid development and deployment of AR applications

NOVI SAD, Serbia - May 15, 2015 - PRLog -- ARgenie (http://www.argenie.eu) aims to dramatically simplify development and deployment of AR applications by utilizing pre-defined templates, components and modules enabling creation of cross-platform applications with no programming skills required. The Android mobile application can be downloaded from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.dunavnet.ar.argenie and the iOS version is available from https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/argenie-ar-creator/id965760862?mt=8.

ARgenie contains an initial set of templates that includes:

  - Taking a photo with AR content

  - Treasure hunt game

  - Birthday and Christmas cards and

  - Custom template.


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Additionally, a set of images and 2D and 3D models are included within the platform media library, but developed content can be easily uploaded. Future development will include AR content market place and many more templates (for museums, city guides, more AR games, restaurant menus, etc).


The ARgenie platform contains three main building blocks, namely:

·         ARgenie Creator

·         ARgenie Deploy

·         ARgenie Mobile

The ARgenie Creator effectively provides Software as a Service (SaaS) for the creation and design of AR applications. It is based around an intuitive User Interface (UI) that enables creation of mobile applications utilizing a set of pre-defined templates that are provided within the platform. It is primarily used by the web users on desktop computers. User is able to select the type of AR markers to be used (location or image tracking). Furthermore, users can define the content to be shown once an appropriate marker is detected

ARgenie Deploy is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) providing the cloud infrastructure for the application being executed on the smartphones. Market engine enables the users to browse the available applications classified into different categories as being defined during the application design process on the ARgenie Creator portal. This component also provides support during the creation process of the applications so that the created applications are deployed within the AR Genie Deploy infrastructure. The Content Market engine provides the framework for the management of all the media content including the image markers, 2D, 3D assets, sound and video media files etc. The intention is to enable all the content used by the application designers to be made available to the community of developers (if enabled by the content owner). Ultimately, the market will also enable developers and artists to buy and sell the media content. The upgrade policy management provides functionality for the application versioning support so that the developed applications can be upgraded to the latest version and synchronized with already deployed applications on the mobile phones. The External service interface provides support for connecting the applications to the additional services that are outside of the ARgenie Deploy infrastructure. This component is utilized for the integration with the ekoNET IoT service for the environmental monitoring.

ARgenie Mobile is a mobile application available for Android and iOS that communicates with AR Genie Deploy infrastructure. This mobile application provides functionality that enables execution of designed and developed AR applications within the ARgenie Creator platform. It integrates the Unity3D engine enabling the handling of 3D animations, physics and other features required for the associated AR applications. For the marker detection process, Metaio SDK is utilized. One of the main components is the application description interpreter that inflates the entire application including the media content from the descriptor file. The descriptor files are provided and downloaded from the ARgenie Deploy App Market engine. Once downloaded, the application can be installed or upgraded with the help of Upgrade engine if new version is available. The management of the graphical components that are part of the designed applications is handled by the UI management component.

DunavNET

DunavNET group (www.dunavnet.eu) employs around 50 people, mainly telecommunication, computer science and software engineers, artists, 2D and 3D graphic designers. The areas in which the company is active are Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR). The company is involved in the AR space for over 3 years and it has developed a range of products in the AR and IoT domain with applications in smart cities, mCommerce, serious and commercial gaming as well as in the development tools such as ARgenie.