Monday, January 27, 2014

Augmented Reality Sandbox

The Augmented Reality Sandbox is amazing! 
  A lab at UC Davis, created a a 3D visualization application to teach earth sciences as earlier education programming. Inspired by Czech scientists, this group built an exhibit combining a real sandbox, and virtual topography and water generated via a Microsoft Kinect IR system. This project allows students to make alter topography by playing in an actual sand box, which is then augmented via a projector system. 
  Researchers say, "the system teaches geographic, geologic, and hydrologic concepts such as how to read a topography map, the meaning of contour lines, watersheds, catchment areas, levees, etc."

http://idav.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/ResDev/SARndbox/

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