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Virtual Reality Book Overlays

Posted by michael on from the illustrated-primer dept.

fiannaFailMan writes "The Magic Book is a technology that allows a user to look through a handheld viewer with a built-in camera and see 3-dimensional models as if they float above the book. The software is clever enough to keep track of where the page is, so if you move the book, the model moves with it. One application is displaying content telling the story of the America's Cup. You can download the application and use your own webcam to view this, minus the 3D effect of course."

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  1. Re:3D is awesome! by LordSchnitzel · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Whereas 2D screens limited us to representing 3D objects, a 3D screen will allow us to represent 4D objects.
    In what way does a 2d screen limit us to 3 dimensions? Can't you draw a 4D hypercube by drawing 2 3d cubes and connecting each of the 8 paires of corresponding vertices?

    http://images.google.com/images?q=hypercube+2d