Class 02 | Assignment Theme: Mixed objects, animism and invoked computing.
Tech: Image & Object Recognition
A couple of days ago, JJ, a classmate have shared me an amazing step-to-step tutorial on "Unity3D & Vuforia". This was really helpful for this week's assignment to get me started. >>> LINK
I know that the step is similar to what you showed in class and I also find what you showed in class very helpful, although I have to admit that I could not catch up and follow along. I think I prefer to focus on what's happening on screen (unity has a lot of interface on screen) and listen on your explanation and try to follow along as much as I could but then do these steps later on with the tutorials link that you sent was better for me. I find that having teachers show the overall concept and do the technical things at my own pace is how I learn best.
Sehyun Av Kim, the guy who made the tutorial was also an ITP alum! He only posted the tutorial a few days after our Mixed Up Realities 2nd class.
I started off by making a simple image recognition and a sphere. Even I'm following the tutorials, it took me a few tries to get the ball to show on the screen. Hmmm....don't know what I did wrong though and pretty sure I followed all the steps accordingly.
I went online to get a QR Code. QR Code Generator LINK.
After, I got the sphere to appear on an image I wanted to use a more interesting 3D animation so I dived into the Unity's world, the beginners tutorials to get me started and here is what I could do do far.....
I found a free Golam creature in the Unity's Asset store to put in the scene and a rocky photo from google images.
He looks a bit lonely standing there by himself, so I added a spider and a butterfly.
I did not have an access to a printer when I was doing the assignment, so I experimented on an actual object recognition instead, using a small plant in my room. Calibrating their positions was harder than I expected.
I also exported my mythical creatures to the iphone app following the tutorial link that you sent us >>> LINK . The tutorial was very helpful and straightforward.
The Golam and it's friends didn't want to show the first few tires.
After focusing and moving the phone in and out, they finally came out.
The golam and his friends are completely out of focus. I tried to hold the phone at the position of where I took the picture and used it for data set but it didn't help.
I also noticed that the animated butterfly and bubbles disappeared and there wass also an error shown in the xcode which I have no idea how to dubug....
The most difficult thing for me for this week's assignment seems to be the Unity's workflow but just like any other new programs or software, it takes time to learn.
1. Rock image I used before I changed to an actual tree.
2. Then I snap a photo of a tree to resize the creatures to the tree's scale.
3. A screenshot from the iphone.