Augmented+Reality

What is augmented reality? Does it sound strange and difficult? It is a technology that overlays digital information on top of real-world surroundings viewed through a smart phone or handheld device. It is the process of adding a layer to a picture. The additional layer can be a video, voice over or an animation.

Download the [|Aurasma app]. Sign up for a Studio account (go to the website, click on Partner, register)

Vocabulary: Channels - In order to get content that is of interest to them, users search for and subscribe to particular channels. Overlay-are images, videos, animations or even [|3D models]  that appear whenever Aurasma sees an image that it recognises. Aura - are augmented reality actions - images, videos, 3D animations or even games that appear when you point your mobile device at a real world image or object. Trigger - It is an image uploaded to our databases that will be detected when a user views it through the camera.

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[|Zooburst] 3-D Books ZooBurst is a digital storytelling site that allows you to create 3-D books. They will even float around on your screen! Yes, I said, float around on your screen! Super fun!

Free: Access to their clipart gallery, upload your own jpg or png, hyperlink, embed book in websites, support for non English character sets... Downside-only able to create 10 books. [|iPad app available]. With the ZooBurst iPad app you can also “scan” for special “Story Codes” that let you easily attach a ZooBurst book onto any physical item, such as a class bulletin board, parent newsletter or a printed textbook.

Premium Account: $49 for a year and 250 student accounts, access to audio, and create "story codes" that let you attach your books to physical objects and view them on your iPad or computer. If you have an iPad, you will need to download the app, go to the story, click on camera and hold the iPad up to the ZB code below. Watch the story float around on your screen!!!



1. Download the app (Click on the picture) 2. Download an print the [|coloring pages]. 3. Color the pages. 4. Open the app on your devise and watch in wonder as the page comes to life!