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Awesome Papervision + Webcam Effect

19 points by ujeezy 18y ago

bprater 18y ago
Very impressive. 20fps from Flash is pretty cool. I printed out the template and it worked as sold! Hopefully they will make the source available.
ujeezy 18y ago
According to my brother (and one of the commenters), this type of thing was already done with a Yu Gi Oh game. I feel like I'm behind the times here -- are there other examples of this effect in the wild? This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while :)
- ivanstojic 18y ago
  Something like this was already available as a commercial package in Japan. Some of the features included a cube-shaped pedestal with which the virtual character interacted, as well as several other "symbols" which could have been used to reward, punish or "pleasure" the virtual character.
  - ujeezy 18y ago
    Nice... a reasonable next step for this prototype would be to recognize finger tips (via some kind of glove) so you can start interacting with the virtual scene (I remember seeing something like this elsewhere...) -- my first instinct was to try to smush that green monster :)
mikeryan 18y ago
I actually saw a demo of this at a conference last week. At a cocktail hour afterward a guy had this working with his cellphone and his business card. They're using it for some really cool alternate reality interactive events.
sh1mmer 18y ago
This is such a compelling demo because it's based on common technology available to millions of people. Doing it with Flash and a webcam was a stroke of genius. When stuff is in a lab it's less compelling. I saw one of the Microsoft multi-touch tables recently. My first thought? "Oh, it's just a giant iPhone" Apple's made multi-touch everyday, that was the hard problem.
asmosoinio 18y ago
Kills my browser (Chrome and Firefox), which seems to happen often now that I upgraded to Flash 10. Note to self: Never upgrade to the next version of Flash plugin before it has been available for a while.
timcederman 18y ago
Ah yes, fiducial markers are excellent. HIT lab in New Zealand have been doing great stuff with them for years...
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19 points by ujeezy 18y ago

Very impressive. 20fps from Flash is pretty cool. I printed out the template and it worked as sold! Hopefully they will make the source available.

ujeezy 18y ago

According to my brother (and one of the commenters), this type of thing was already done with a Yu Gi Oh game. I feel like I'm behind the times here -- are there other examples of this effect in the wild? This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while :)

ivanstojic 18y ago
Something like this was already available as a commercial package in Japan. Some of the features included a cube-shaped pedestal with which the virtual character interacted, as well as several other "symbols" which could have been used to reward, punish or "pleasure" the virtual character.
- ujeezy 18y ago
  Nice... a reasonable next step for this prototype would be to recognize finger tips (via some kind of glove) so you can start interacting with the virtual scene (I remember seeing something like this elsewhere...) -- my first instinct was to try to smush that green monster :)

mikeryan 18y ago

I actually saw a demo of this at a conference last week. At a cocktail hour afterward a guy had this working with his cellphone and his business card. They're using it for some really cool alternate reality interactive events.

sh1mmer 18y ago

This is such a compelling demo because it's based on common technology available to millions of people. Doing it with Flash and a webcam was a stroke of genius. When stuff is in a lab it's less compelling. I saw one of the Microsoft multi-touch tables recently. My first thought? "Oh, it's just a giant iPhone" Apple's made multi-touch everyday, that was the hard problem.

asmosoinio 18y ago

Kills my browser (Chrome and Firefox), which seems to happen often now that I upgraded to Flash 10. Note to self: Never upgrade to the next version of Flash plugin before it has been available for a while.

timcederman 18y ago

Ah yes, fiducial markers are excellent. HIT lab in New Zealand have been doing great stuff with them for years...

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