Introduction





Lightweight headset weighs less than 1lb!

Augmented reality adds a new dimension to the interactive gaming scene. Multiplayer role playing games, laser tag, and more.

What is augmented reality? Augmented reality overlays information and graphics over normal vision to enable people to view things in a new way.

Imagine walking into a warehouse and being able to see the contents and meta-data of every box. Imagine having your own personal tour of every art gallery and museum. AR(Augmented Reality) make this possible. There are endless opportunities with AR from gaming to communications.

AR devices enable people to work in groups and receive real time technical support in ways that were not possible before now.

About



The name Tarnhelm is a magic helmet in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen that allows one to travel long distances instantly. Like the mythical Tarnhelm, Augmented Reality enables two people to see what the other person is seeing over vast distances nearly instantly.

The Tarnhelm AR system uses a single board computer with raspberry pi compatible headers and GPIO. The open platform will enable makers and developers to easily make changes and interface with existing systems. Full wireless connectivity and an open platform make development easy.

The hardware consists of a single board computer running Linux OS with a few extra sensors, an LCD display, and a battery. The unique see-through display uses curved lenses that direct the display information to the eye while allowing the viewer to see the world around them unobstructed with a 90° Field of Vision display. Hardware accelerated graphics enable the Tarnhelm to display high frame rate 3D.

Specifications

Blender Design

Full color 800x480 Display Bluetooth controller

Quad Core 1.4GHz processor

1GB DDR3 RAM

DDR3 RAM USB

eMMC 8GB and MicroSD up to 128GB



GPIO: 2.54mm spacing 40pin, compatible with Raspberry Pi's GPIO. It includes UART, SPI, I2C, PWM, IO etc

90° Field of Vision

Wireless and Bluetooth

OS: FriendlyCore(based on Ubuntu16.04 with Linux Kernel 4.4, Qt5.9 and OpenGL2.0) and Debian

Audio input/output



Open Source Software Development

High resolution 800x480 LCD display

Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Gesture sensors

5MP Camera

3800mAH Battery



Light weight headset (weighs less than 1lb) !

The largest goal of this project is to create a thriving open source software platform that will enable developers to jumpstart their AR ideas. The open software platform is scheduled to be released prior to the shipping date. We want to build a community of AR developers and enthusiasts around this project. Join us in creating the next Augmented Reality platform!

The software platform includes:

High level language such as Python or Java



3D Stereoscopic interface



Hardware graphics acceleration

Image Recognition

Access to image and other AR databases

Wikipedia and Github pages