mehan jayasuriya

Above you’ll find a video demo for The 4D Pop-Up Book of Halloween, an augmented reality children’s book that I built as part of my research at NYU ITP. It’s a handmade pop-up book that’s embedded with a different QR code on each page. When the reader scans the codes using a webcam-equipped device and a companion Mac/Windows/Android application, it produces an animation onscreen that places the reader inside the story. My goal was to build a book that could bridge the gap between one-of-a-kind artifacts and purely digital experiences. If you’d like to see a live demo of the book in person, come on by the ITP Winter Show tomorrow from 2-6pm or Monday from 5-9pm and I’ll be happy to show you how it works!