With the past few entries we've showed you our Expandar and Alice in Wonderland pages which use face tracking, for a form of Augmented Reality that doesn't require you to print out a marker. Then we showed you our Faceball page, which you can visit here if you want to try it out yourself. The first version mapped the viewer's face to a ball. Now here's a demo that shows what happens when you map the person's face to a 3D mesh representing a human head. Check it out!
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKIv3Pt6zjI
Pretty unusual looking, wouldn't you say? Again, this is just an experiment, but we see some good opportunities coming up for where this idea could take us: imagine watching a 3D CGI movie where no matter where you as a viewer are sitting, and no matter how close or far you are from your webcam, you see yourself as the face of one of the characters in the show. Talk about immersive entertainment!
Just to review, here's what our first "Faceball" demo looked like:
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSGmlmtFmt0
Each day we move another step towards our augmented reality future. And we can't wait to get there!
The Talking Dog AR team.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Faceball Demo 1
Here's a little experiment we thought we would put up in its beginning stages. It's a followup to our Expandar and Alice in Wonderland pages using face tracking, for a form of Augmented Reality that doesn't require you to print out a marker. You can find the faceball page here .
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSGmlmtFmt0
We're calling this video "Faceball Demo 1" because we see this as just the beginning for where this could lead. We're imagining all the fun characters that could be created using this technique, and possibilities for interactive story telling or gaming. Please comment on the video over at youtube or here on this blog and let us know what you think. The augmented reality division of Talking Dog Studios is constantly trying to hone its tool box and your feedback really helps us as we decide what avenues to pursue next.
May all your days be augmented ones!
The Talking Dog AR team
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSGmlmtFmt0
We're calling this video "Faceball Demo 1" because we see this as just the beginning for where this could lead. We're imagining all the fun characters that could be created using this technique, and possibilities for interactive story telling or gaming. Please comment on the video over at youtube or here on this blog and let us know what you think. The augmented reality division of Talking Dog Studios is constantly trying to hone its tool box and your feedback really helps us as we decide what avenues to pursue next.
May all your days be augmented ones!
The Talking Dog AR team
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