Stencil Marker: Designing Partially Transparent Markers for Stacking Augmented Reality Objects

We propose a transparent colored AR marker that allows 3D objects to be stacked in space. Conventional AR markers make it difficult to display multiple objects in the same position in space, or to manipulate the order or rotation of objects. The proposed transparent colored markers are designed to detect the order and rotation direction of each marker in the stack from the observed image, based on mathematical constraints. We describe these constraints to design markers, the implementation to detect its stacking order and rotation of each marker, and a proof-of-concept application Totem Poles. We also discuss the limitations of the current prototype and possible research directions.