ARTetris

To experience ARTetris at home you will need the following:

1. A computer running the XP operating system.

2. A USB web camera.

3. This application will not work with dual monitor display.

4. A copy of the ARTetris software, which can be downloaded from here [5.9 MB]:

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Once you have downloaded the ARTetris software, please use the following installation steps:

Step 1 Download the setup-file for the ARTetris application.

Step 2 Install the application by a doubleclick on the downloaded file.

Step 3 Print out an A4 multi-marker sheet which can be found in Data/markers/A4_mult_marker.pdf.

Step 4 Plug in camera.

Step 5 Start the program from the start menu.

Step 6 When the camera option dialogue comes up, click OK.

Step 7 Point the camera at the printed pattern, making sure that all four markers are in view.

Step 8 To play the game, use the keyboard "W", "A", "S", "D" for movement and arrow key up/down/left/right for rotation.

Step 9 Current version of this game can be also be controlled by using a 60mm sided physical cube with six markers on each face.

Details for this installation can be found on the readme.txt file with the installation of ARTetris.

If you have problems with downloading, installing or running the ARTetris application, please visit our forum.

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