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!"

• Watch on YouTube 
• Augmented Reality Sandbox
• Scroll down for details and how you can get this.

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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.

Links

• Augmented Reality Sandbox
• Official AR Sandbox support forum 
• UC Davis' W.M. Keck Center for Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences (KeckCAVES)
• UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center,Lawrence Hall of Science 
• ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center

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