When the user begins to color the page, the camera of a mobile device located next to the user instantly detects the image being colored in and shows the 3D version in real time in precisely the same manner the user colored the character in.
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Digital Trends also reports that Disney Research is developing the 3D coloring book app using the technology provided by Unity game engine. The process is far from flawless but it is still impressive.
According to Disney Research, the coloring book app is essentially a live texturing app which can potentially pave the way for next level of creative playtime.
Researchers from Disney, ETH Zurich and the Swiss university EPFL presented the augmented reality app at the IEEE global Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2015) in Fukuoka, Japan. Surely, this news is something to look forward to but as of now, it is still in the research phase, but once its ready for release, it will be definitely be a hit with the public because who doesn’t want to produce artwork a la Disney, right?
Disney produced a video to demonstrate the theoretical 3D coloring book app that they are now developing.
A child colors a character, such as an elephant, on the book page normally, while a tablet or smartphone running the app monitors the drawing.
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Robert W. Sumner, head of the team that designs animations and interactive graphics in the project, said that the new technologies may create a “bridge” between reality and digital experiences. Eventually, researchers had the idea of creating a “lookup map” that matches pixels from the back to those provided by the user. As Johnny applies color to the 3D drawing, the application does the same to its 3D character.
