ART & TECH | HYE SOO YANG
Variable Reality
MS Thesis in progress
Introduction
Despite the fast growing number of digital books, it is known that majority of the people still prefer to read books from a physical one. According to the studies, people enjoy the feel of the paper pages and keeping a physical copy helps them appreciate the books as their own belonging. However, it is hard to give up on the convenient aspects about a digital book such as its ability to access millions of different books with just one-click.
Variable Reality takes the advantages of both physical and digital books in augmented reality and brings a unique reading experience to the users. It not only is able to bring up different copies of digital books on a single physical book, but also integrates natural hand gestures (using Leap Motion) that serve as a quick and convenient input mechanism.
Variable Reality AR book
Variable Reality Virtual book
Variable Reality Demonstration Video (both AR & Virtual book)
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