Development of an AR Application for Learning Traditional Patterns

Traditional Japanese patterns, widely used in clothing, architecture, and crafts, are designs that convey various wishes expressed in the form of motifs which depict plants and living things. Moreover, these traditional patterns express the aesthetics of Japanese culture, which are highly appreciated both at home and abroad. In this study, we developed an augmented reality (AR) application that allows people around the world to learn the meaning and history behind these traditional patterns through AR contents by capturing images of the patterns on ceramics in real space.