Design of a markerless augmented reality prototype platform

Markerless mobile AR is currently limited by the processing power available on smartphones and tablet-like devices. This also limits the research that can be done using these devices. To overcome the problem of limited processing power and the problem of being limited to the device's original hardware, the development of a laptop-based prototype platform was proposed. The use of a laptop was motivated by the processing power it offers and because it is a self-contained unit, but still allows for expansion.