Second Surface

Second surface: multi-user spatial collaboration system based on augmented reality

Shunichi Kasahara, Valentin Heun, Austin S. Lee, and Hiroshi Ishii
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies · Emerging Technologies Prize

A project at the MIT Media Lab, 2012.

Paper (ACM Digital Library)

An environment for creative collaboration is significant for enhancing human communication and expressive activities. We introduce Second Surface, a novel multi-user Augmented reality system that fosters a real-time interaction for user-generated contents on top of the physical environment. This interaction takes place in the physical surroundings of everyday objects such as trees or houses. Our system allows users to place three dimensional drawings, texts, and photos relative to such objects and share this expression with any other person who uses the same software at the same spot. Second Surface explores a vision that integrates collaborative virtual spaces into the physical space. Our system can provide an alternate reality that generates a playful and natural interaction in an everyday setup.

Reference

Shunichi Kasahara, Valentin Heun, Austin S. Lee, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2012. Second surface: multi-user spatial collaboration system based on augmented reality. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies (SA ’12). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/2407707.2407727

@inproceedings{10.1145/2407707.2407727,
  author    = {Kasahara, Shunichi and Heun, Valentin and Lee, Austin S. and Ishii, Hiroshi},
  title     = {Second surface: multi-user spatial collaboration system based on augmented reality},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Emerging Technologies},
  series    = {SA '12},
  year      = {2012},
  pages     = {1--4},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address   = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi       = {10.1145/2407707.2407727}
}

• Second Surface was selected for Jury Selections, Japan media festival 2013