PSP’s have huge potential in
education and for personalised learning. I’m going to write a series of posts
on how they can be used sometime in the next few weeks.
The thing I had really been
looking forward to seeing in action was the PSP being used as an augmented reality
viewer. I new this was on the way and I have to say that the boys at ConnectED have delivered a
fantastic product.
Augmented reality turns an augmented reality code
into 3D virtual objects. This has huge potential to be used in education. For BETT 2009 ConnectED ordered in some special
AR Code floor tiles! When I looked at the tiles through the PSP I could see (amongst
other things) a little dinosaur.
If your still struggling to understand what augmented reality is have a look at the picture below. The web cam is pointing at the AR code (this time printed on paper). But on the computer screen we can see 3D object appearing on top of the bit of paper with the code on it. If you rotate the paper - you rotate the image.
AR code can also hold animation, sound and can be relative to movements. For example one of the things that I saw on the ConnectED stand was AR code of a snake - as you moved the code closer to the webcam the snake moved forward to bite you!
I can see all sorts of possibilities
for using augmented reality in the classroom not least its ability for the use
of AR to help children understand the formation of geographical features such
as waterfalls, ox-bow lakes and corries.
Let’s hope the AR viewer
will soon also be easily available on other platforms, such as the iPhone.
Great ! Plz elp me to understand how you did this !
Psp VNC ? Homebrew ?
I really would like to do it at home : plz help :)
Best regards from France.
Hugobiwan
Posted by: Hugobiwan Zolnir | April 12, 2009 at 10:44 AM