Seichter, H.Looser, J.Billinghurst, Mark2009-04-152009-04-152008Seichter, H., Looser, J., Billinghurst, M. (2008) ComposAR: An Intuitive Tool for Authoring AR Applications. Cambridge, UK: 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2008), 15-18 Sep 2008.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2314This paper introduces ComposAR, a tool to allow a wide audience to author AR and MR applications. It is unique in that it supports both visual programming and interpretive scripting, and an immediate mode for runtime testing. ComposAR is written in Python which means the user interface and runtime behavior can be easily customized and third-party modules can be incorporated into the authoring environment. We describe the design philosophy and the resulting user interface, lessons learned and directions for future research.enmultimedia information systemsartificial augmented and virtual realitiesuser Interfacesgraphical user interfacesConference Contributions - OtherFields of Research::280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences::280200 Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image ProcessingFields of Research::280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences::280100 Information Systems::280104 Computer-human interaction