XARMEX is an augmented reality

Augmented reality

Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...

-aided Close quarters combat simulation system, combining motion detection

Motion detection

Motion detection is a process of confirming a change in position of an object relative to its surroundings or the change in the surroundings relative to an object. This detection can be achieved by both mechanical and electronic methods...

 hardware with image overlay/stabilization software to create realistic military simulation

Military simulation

Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Many professional contemporary analysts object to the term wargames as this is generally taken to be referring to the civilian...

 environments and computer games

Computer Games

"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...

. It is created by Reza Mohammady

Reza Mohammady

Reza Mohammady is an Iranian human-computer interaction engineer, award winning game developer and acclaimed web designer.He is also the creator of Augmented Reality aided simulation project XARMEX....

 and developed by Xerotex Enterprises.

Technology

Concept

XARMEX uses augmented reality technology, using live footage as the overlaying video source. Unlike augmented reality, the ultimate idea of XARMEX is to make an illusion of reality by making augmented objects indistinguishable from the live video feed.

Hardware

XARMEX uses the same hardware concept as augmented reality in terms of motion detection and image processing. Based on the user interface device and the simulation environment, different types of motion detection hardware are employed (e.g. 3 axis InvenSense MEMS Gyros, FM radio based local positioning device, GPS receivers or infra red motion detectors).

Software

In augmented reality computer generated graphics are augmented on live footage, where in XARMEX, the overlay is a live or pre-recorded footage as well, using Alpha-Chanel overlay image and a color matching software module. To make the illusion of reality, color saturation, light level and sharpness of the live source is detected and then applied on the overlay footage before augmentation. The co-ordination of overlay is obtained from motion sensor hardware.