Where is the 8-minute AR technology in Japan during the Rio Olympics closing ceremony?

On the morning of August 22, Beijing time, the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was held at the Maracan? Stadium. The closing ceremony of this Olympic Games reflects the characteristics of Brazil as always, but the "8-minute performance" has always been a "preview" of the next Olympic Games. At the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics, Tokyo, the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, perfectly displayed each "Japanese business card" to the world in a way that blends tradition and modernity, which is impressive.

The Japanese use of AR technology shown in the short film, AR technology made various Olympic sports come to life on the Maracan? Stadium, which amazed the world.

So what is AR?

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that calculates the position and angle of camera images in real time and adds corresponding images. The goal of this technology is to put the virtual world into the real world and interact with it on the screen.

AR technology includes new technologies and methods such as multimedia, three-dimensional modeling, real-time video display and control, multi-sensor fusion, real-time tracking and registration, and scene fusion. Augmented reality provides information that is different from what humans can perceive under normal circumstances.

The AR system has three outstanding characteristics: ①Integration of information between the real world and the virtual world; ②It has real-time interactivity; ③It adds positioning virtual objects in the three-dimensional scale space. AR technology can be widely used in military, medical, construction, education, engineering, film and television, entertainment and other fields.

The world’s first AR major has settled in an American university

Currently, the only institution in the world that offers AR majors is located in the United States. So if you want to learn AR technology, go to the United States to study.

The Cogswell College officially launched the AR major, and the design school also became the first university in the world to launch AR industry talent certification.

According to the school, the purpose of the program is to allow students to understand AR from a "cognitive and perceptual" perspective and develop skills in "human-computer interface and interaction design." The major will also teach the principles of virtual reality design - although this area is still under exploration, and the application of AR technology in the narrative process.

How does "Tokyo 8 Minutes" use AR technology?

This high technology has been used many times in the "Tokyo 8 Minutes" performance to bring the audience a wonderful enjoyment of visual conflict. In The 8-minute "blockbuster" is full of sports, animation, games, and technology elements. A red ball is conveyed among various images representing Japan, from Kitajima Kosuke to Space Wing to Doraemon and Hello Kitty, and finally transformed into a super Mario's Shinzo Abe emerges from the pipe with a red ball in hand and comes to Rio from Tokyo