An Augmented Stripboard for Air Traffic Control

This paper describes an augmented reality prototype that precisely tracks the position of paper flight strips used by air traffic controllers. By embedding resistors with different values into slightly modified plastic stripholders and inserting contacts along the sides of a stripboard frame, we can detect the exact position of individual stripholders (and their corresponding paper flight strips). When placed over a graphics tablet or touch sensitive screen, and properly calibrated, we have a simple, inexpensive solution for identifying paper flight strips and linking them to capture and display technologies.