Augmented Reality Book Boosts Children’ Motivations for Reading
Encouraging children to read has been a tough task for many parents. Children mostly think of reading as a boring activity, making this an opportunity for some to produce Augmented Reality book. As the name suggests, Augmented Reality book means such that applies Augmented Reality (AR) technology. It is able to add 2D and 3D contents into real environments of the users. Various information in the real environments can be digitally manipulated and made into interactive contents. How Augmented Reality Book Works Children really love visuals. This has inspired some to embed AR technology into physical books. In order to making the reading experience impressive, the AR technology is tasked to bring into life many contents in the physical books that are previously rendered as 3D objects or animations. The AR technology works as follows. It uses AR marker to produce images. Calibrated camera will detect given marker. After recognizing and scanning the marker pattern, the camera will...