Some time ago I had the opportunity to write a beginners tutorial for the magazine Flash and Flex, this was actually my second tutorial the first one I did was back in January “Connecting the Wii to Flash”. I was a bit more excited to about this one because it was about one of my favorite subjects Augmented Reality.

 
The article talks about the very basics of Augmented Reality and the FlarToolKit, you will need to do have good knowledge of ActionScript 3 and Papervision. The source files are included which should help you understand the basics of the example. The article will show you how to create a simple 3D hole effect and how to have text fly out from it.

 
You can find the article on Flash and Flex magazine site this will actually be the last print version of the magazine newer issues will be free and can be downloaded in PDF format from there site. My article Introduction to FlarToolKit – “Flying Flash & Flex” Tips and Tricks is in issue Branding for Developers (4/2009) which can be found here.

 
You can also see my basic video examples of Augmented Reality on my YouTube Channel AlmogDesign. If you interested in reading my article “Connecting the Wii to Flash” you can download it for free in PDF format in the following issue Secrets of a professional Flash game programmer.