Monday, March 16, 2015

2017 BIZ: VIRTUAL: Augmented Reality Sandbox, the video. Terraforming by hand.

Augmented Reality Sandbox, the video. 
Terraforming by hand
Updated 1/29/2017
Wow! You want one of these. You won't know why until you watch these kids play with it. Then you will use the usual virtual worlds slogan: "I had forgotten how much fun it is to play!"

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Details on Augmented Reality Sandbox

  • NSF-funded project on informal science education for freshwater lake and watershed science.
  • 3D visualization applications to teach earth science concepts.
  • Hands-on exhibit combining a real sandbox, and virtual topography and water
  • Microsoft Kinect 3D camera, powerful simulation and visualization software, and a data projector
  • system teaches geographic, geologic, and hydrologic concepts.
  • available for download under the GNU General Public License.

Project Goal

The goal of this project was to develop a real-time integrated augmented reality system to physically create topography models which are then scanned into a computer in real time, and used as background for a variety of graphics effects and simulations. The final product is supposed to be self-contained to the point where it can be used as a hands-on exhibit in science museums with little supervision.

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