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Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by jevinskie on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @09:13PM (#6055640)
Naturally. Those 2D print pages must have 3D models in the app (right?). I'm wondering how the app does feature detection from the camera feed.
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by ioquatix on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @11:25PM (#6055940)
Our 3D modeller Shun spends about a week per page carefully designing and animating the models. You are correct, they are per page and completely pre-defined. The fun part is colouring in the pages and seeing the results :D

Even me, 28 year old male, can have a lot of fun with this app.

Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by ahsteele on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @01:51AM (#6056281)
Why don't you guys allow for printing from within the iOS app?
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by ioquatix on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @02:26AM (#6056378)
Personally I'd like to do that but we have a lot of limitations with the Unity platform and supporting multiple platforms. Every feature needs to be implemented at least 2 times (iOS, Android) and tested.

Perhaps in the future once we get some money coming into the company. Right now we don't have any more funds left for development.

Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by BHSPitMonkey on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @05:01AM (#6056782)
I'm sure this has already been discussed, and I know this falls under "easier said than done", but you guys should really try to get this on toy aisle shelves. Perhaps in the form of a book? Maybe have a prominent "Try me!" feature on the cover instructing the user to install the free app and point it at the cover to get people pulled in.
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by ioquatix on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @08:13AM (#6057199)
Yeah, other companies are working on this too. I think we are in a unique position at this time with what we've developed.
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by rralian on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @07:14AM (#6057039)
This is a great idea. I could see this becoming a very popular coloring book series. I'd buy it for my kids.
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by ioquatix on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @08:09AM (#6057181)
We've been trying to get major publishers interested for over 8 months. Molasses comes to mind.
Re:Disney Research unveils augmented reality books by bradbatt on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @03:02PM (#6059532)
With the right marketing and execution and a little luck you'll have tons of traction and be in a better position when they come to you to license your tech for their books!

Why would any kid ever want a "plain old" coloring book without the 3D augmented reality?

Very cool—my kids are going to love for sure!