A hobbyists blog exploring and experimenting at the technological frontiers of storytelling.
Dreaming of a future where stories break free from their bindings, stages and screens and are experienced in our yards, parks and towns.
This app uses the features of AR to effectively guide and engage the user through a lesson. In other words, it was fun and informative.
The set up is a little time consuming , and you will want a large empty table to place the model. But I recommend taking a look.
Wildlife AR makes it fairly easy to add virtual animals to videos. As it stands today, the UX is a little clunky. For example, in the following gifs, you’ll see the ‘record’ button is captured when recording video. Also note, the unnatural look of the skin and fur.
Portals: Learning with AR is an iOS app that makes it easy to create portals to different places. The effect is pretty cool but basic. Imagine walking into a 360 viewer. While this is billed as a learning tool, I think it lacks the necessary context to be valuable in a classroom.
