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FLARToolKit Online Resources

FLARToolKit is an ActionScript port of NyARToolKit, a Java/C#/Android port of ARToolKit, the well known AR tracking library developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato. ARToolKit is the most popular marker based AR tracking library and has been ported to many different operating systems and programming languages. FLARToolKit was mainly developed by Tomohiko Koyama (aka Saqoosha), and has been used in many high profile web-based AR applications.

FLARToolKit is provided under a dual license model (GPL and commercial) and so there is a large community of developers. Many of these developers have produced online resources to help teach people how to use FLARToolKit, or examples showing different programming tricks. In this section we provide links to some of the best online resources.

The main FLARToolKit download page can be found here: http://www.libspark.org/wiki/saqoosha/FLARToolKit/en

On-line Forums

• FLARToolKit Google Groups Forum – the best online source of help http://groups.google.com/group/flartoolkit-userz

Tutorials

• Mikko Haapoja’s tutorial on how to get started with FLARToolKit http://www.mikkoh.com/blog/2008/12/flartoolkitflash-augmented-realitygetting-started/
• Marc Pelland’s tutorial on using FLARToolKit http://www.marcpelland.com/2009/03/26/getting-started-with-augmented-reality-flartoolkit/
• How to make FLARToolKit Markers http://www.squidder.com/2009/03/05/for-nerds-only-custom-flar-markers-explained/
• How to use multiple FLARToolKit makers http://www.squidder.com/2009/03/06/flar-how-to-multiple-instances-of-multiple-markers/
• FLARToolKit Single and Multiple Marker Detection http://blog.jwwisman.nl/2009/03/23/flartoolkit-single-multiplemarker-detection/
• FLARVision FLARToolKit tutorial http://insideria.com/2009/05/flarvision-augmented-reality-a.html
• A step by step tutorial on how to use FLARToolkit and Papervision 3D (in Portuguese) http://www.cabanacriacao.com/blog/archives/papervision3d-augmented-reality-ligue-sua-webcam-e-curta-a-realidade-aumentada-pelo-flartoolkit-20/
• Video tutorial on how to use FLARToolkit http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=105
• Using FLARToolKit, Papervision3D, and Video tutorial http://veryniceindustries.com/content/using-flartoolkit-papervision3d-and-video
• Video tutorial on using FLARToolKit and Flex http://tutorialvid.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=MjA5OA==&title=Intro_to_Augmented_Reality_using_Flex_flartoolkit&timer=1
• FLARToolKit startup guide (in Japanese) http://saqoo.sh/a/flartoolkit/start-up-guide
• Balancer.com beginners guide to FLARToolKit http://blancer.com/tutorials/78609/beginner’s-guide-to-augmented-reality/

Examples

• Example FLARToolKit applications at Tarotaro.org http://flash.tarotaro.org/blog/
• Boffswana – living sasquatch http://www.livingsasquatch.com/
• Special Moves – AR Christmas card http://www.specialmoves.com/our-work/content/xmas08/
• AR DrumKit http://blog.jwwisman.nl/2009/03/20/augmented-reality-drumkit-by-squidder/
• GE Ecomagination site – one of the most famous uses of FLARToolKit http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality
• Splengy blog examples http://www.splengy.com/wordpress/