The AR pop-up storybook companion brings to life children’s books using augmented reality technology and the iPhone. We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems is the application’s first augmented reality book.
- Category: Augmented Reality, Kids, Books, Entertainment, Education
- Type: Mobile iOS
- Story: This application's goal is to spark joy, wonder, and a love of reading in children under the age of eleven by leveraging the widespread used of screens to engage children.
- Market: This application is for all children under the age of eleven and their parents.
- Scope: The minimum viable product for this iteration of the application includes a welcome screen and instructions for one book.
- Tools: Swift, ARkit, UIKit, Blender/Maya, XCode, iOS
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Project Archive and Documentation
Required Must-have Stories
- Users can see 3D models of characters that represent the image on the page
- Users can flip pages and new 3D models will appear
- Users can click a sound button to hear audio for the text on the page
- Users can navigate between the Home, Guide, and Camera screens
- Users have instructions for how to use the application
- Home: The Home screen is the initial screen users see when opening the app. It serves to welcome the user to the application.
- Guide: The Guide screen lists instructions on how to use the app’s AR and read-aloud functionalities.
- Camera: The Camera screen turns on the camera to scan book pages upon which AR elements are rendered
Tab Navigation (Tab to Screen)
- Home
- Guide
- Camera