week three tasks

Inspirational AR:

The thing about this video that really gripped me was that it could have such a practical application in the real world. It's the sort of thing that I can see actually being part of everyday life in the future. Little overlays on what we see that help us with everyday tasks. Plus I play a lot of pool, and this sort of thing would be amazingly fun!

Six AR markers:

Mountain: This marker will represent a distant view of the landscape, encompassing the mountain and the area around it. It shows off the model from a distance.

Animation: This marker will have an animated model of the landscape. I plan to model some floating clouds in the sky, as well as a snowstorm to blow across in front of and around it.

Entrance: This marker shows off the entrance to the creatures lair. It is a close up of the tunnel leading into the cave. I plan on trying to light the scene in a way that you can see inside the mountain by rotating the model to look deeper into the tunnel.

 Animation 2: In this animation, the top of the mountain will be removed, allowing the person holding the cube to look properly inside it and inspect the lair. In essence, it is a top down section cut.

 Side section: This model will be a side cut section of the mountain, showing off the layered structure of the creatures lair. This model will demonstrate all of the finer details of the habitat, allowing the person holding the cube to move it around and look at the area.

 I had intended for this last section to turn out to be something different, but due to constraints on my AR box, it had to be changed. This marker represents a cut away section of the mountain, allowing you to see more closely into the chamber, as well as looking at the columns and stairs.

Cube construction ideas:

 When my initial idea for my box failed to work, I decided to use a rubicks cube as the base for a box. A little double sided tape, and you have an AR box :)
The only problem with doing it this way is that the double sided tape can come out a little from the edges of the paper, and if you get it on your fingers and then use the box for a minute or two, the white sections can get a little dirty. Fingers crossed this wont be a problem.

Screenshots of model in buildAR: