Books That Come Alive Via A Clunky Interface
from the well,-it's-a-start... dept
When I was a kid, I remember having this plastic "viewer" device (sort of like binoculars without the ability to see out) where you could stick in a paper disk story. The disk contained tiny film images that would show up in 3D (there were two images, one for each eye, which your brain would combine to make the 3D image). I can't remember what those devices were called (though, I think they were quite popular), but now we have quite the modern update on it. Some researchers have come up with a device that actually looks very similar, that connects to a computer and lets children view 3D animations in books they're reading. The device will apparently note where the users is looking, and adjust the images to match that view point - giving a much more realistic 3D image that can change depending on the point of view of the user. The idea is that the user/reader can "explore" the images and animations in much more detail. I could see such devices having uses beyond just children's books as well - though it does seem like a fairly clunky interface.
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You're remembering the View Master!
More cool images of the View Master as cultural icon available here:
http://www.vmresource.com/movies.htm
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Books that come alive
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And THAT reminds me of how those pull-string talking toys work. I had a little 'radio' that would say 'breaker breaker'. I remember the exact moment that I realized that sound came out, but batteries never went in. I immediately smashed the thing to find a tiny clockwork record player! Like a little Victrola.
Ingenious what they used to do with just mechanical analogue stuff.
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