An augmented reality system for astronomical observations

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 16-

  Linţu, Andrei ^a   Magnor, Marcus ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Augmented reality; Projection; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MOON; OBSERVATORIES; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TRACKING (POSITION);

ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; LUMINANCE; PROJECTED IMAGES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33750105125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2006.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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