New Tech Brings Augmented Reality3D Models to Books

Post by **Silversurfer** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:10 pm

Article: inc YouTube VID
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full ... s-to-books

With a HMD this would rock, so you wouldn't need to hold the book / mag up to the webcam?

Education should be fun.

Post by **nubie** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:24 pm

I'm torn, I like books. Well, I love books. I don't think that there is any way 3D can make a real book better, but a picture book? I guess.

Post by **Welder** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:27 pm

Just a way to make learning fun.

I saw something similar at SIGGRAPH, there were paddles with symbols on them, a web cam, and a monitor. The software detected the symbol and put a 3D model ontop of the symbol, and move it around, and rotate it in the air, etc. I think it seems like pretty simple technology, as far as the way it works, but I'm sure there is a lot of coding behind it.

Post by **Silversurfer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:33 am

nubie wrote:I'm torn, I like books. Well, I love books. I don't think that there is any way 3D can make a real book better, but a picture book? I guess.

I guess you haven't read this life changing book then,

"The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" by Neal Stephenson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age

The eBook is awesome & if the paperback was "Smart paper" you would understand the referance to this article...

"Knowledge is but a whisker away".

Hope find a copy to enjoy as much as I have

& I so wish I was born a 100 years in the future, or then again not...........?