Augmented Reality Picture Book

I wrote a computer program that uses a webcam to fuse the real world (a printed book) with the virtual world (computer-generated graphics), thus creating an "augmented reality." The effect is a picture book that appears to have illustrations that pop up from the pages. When a page from the book is moved, the illustration moves with it as if physically attached. The book displays different illustrations when the pages are turned because my program recognizes specific images that are printed on the pages. The video above is what appears on the user's computer screen when the program is running, a webcam is pointed at the book, and the pages of the book are turned. If the user wears a "head-mounted display" to display this video directly in front of their eyes, the user feels like the illustrations are really popping up from the pages in front of them.

Thanks to ARToolkit, Ogre, Blender, and MakeHuman for giving me the tools to make this work. Also thanks to Kyle Johnsen for teaching me virtual reality programming and for providing the basic code needed to create this. Concept, artwork, and coding by Brittany Norman.

For more info, source code, or to download the program & printable book pages needed to use my picture book with your computer at home, go to http://sites.google.com/site/normanvirtualreality

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• augmented
• virtual
• reality
• virtual reality
• augmented reality
• VR
• AR
• picture
• book
• art
• technology
• Brittany
• Norman

[bnormanuga]

sry don't have a good diy let. if you click on "more info" above and then click on the link, you can download the source code and whatnot (the code is pretty messy though). i used ARToolkit, Ogre, Blender, and MakeHuman to create this, which are all available for free online.

[Insomaniaartist]

uh... Don't let the jap get in on it, It's gonna be JAPE.

[antgo264]

excellent work!!!

do u have a diy? i'm really interested in the concept!