Augmented reality smartglasses for use at cultural sites

A method to display augmented reality media content at a site using wearable devices, the method comprising:

• a) acquiring, using a first user wearable device, a plurality of images of points of interest from different angles and in different light conditions;
• b) processing the plurality of images to obtain markers from the plurality of images for each point of interest, wherein the obtained markers are each for an angle and condition of interest and wherein there are multiple markers for each point of interest;
• c) storing the obtained markers in a memory of the first user wearable device;
• d) storing a plurality of scenes and a plurality of obtained markers associated with a plurality of points of interest in a memory of a second user wearable device;
• e) capturing an image using the second user wearable device;
• f) processing the image to extract marker data from within an actual image frame of the captured image;
• g) comparing, using the second user wearable device and a similarity and threshold analysis, the extracted marker data with the stored plurality of obtained markers, wherein the similarity and threshold analysis comprises
• (i) considering a value of n matching on a total of m features of an actual image frame;
• (ii) calculating a score of that matching as x=n/m(%), and
• wherein the similarity and threshold analysis is based on the score of matching and a target value associated with the extracted marker data and one or more of the plurality of obtained markers;
• h) detecting, using the second user wearable device, a position of a user at the site, by detecting one of the points of interest from the plurality of points of interest stored in the memory of the second user wearable device;
• and
• i) generating a scene associated with the detected point of interest with at least one visual element or one audio element stored in the memory of the second user wearable device.

An apparatus to view augmented reality content located in multiple rooms or multiple geographic locations in a site, wherein the multiple rooms or the multiple geographic locations are associated with a plurality of augmented reality scenes, the apparatus comprising a smartglass device having a display, an audio unit, a camera, memory, and a processor wherein the smartglass device is adapted to:

• a) receive a geolocation signal;
• b) process the geolocation signal;
• c) determine a room or a geographic location of the smartglass device;
• d) load onto the smartglass device memory, after the room or the geographic location has been determined, data on the plurality of augmented reality scenes associated with the determined room or the determined geographic location including a plurality of markers;
• e) capture an image in the determined room or the determined geographic location;
• f) extract markers from within an actual image frame of the captured image;
• g) compare, using the processor, the extracted marker to one or more of the plurality of loaded markers;
• j) determine, using a similarity and threshold analysis, a loaded augmented reality scene to display on the smartglass device that corresponds to the compared markers, wherein the similarity and threshold analysis comprises
• (i) considering a value of n matching on a total of m features of an actual image frame;
• (ii) calculating a score of that matching as x=n/m(%), and
• h) wherein the similarity and threshold analysis is based on the score of matching and a target value associated with the extracted marker and the one or more of the plurality of loaded markers;
• and
• i) display the determined augmented reality scene and play audio for the scene.