When one thinks of coloring, they might think of it as a basic children’s activity with crayons and a coloring book. One might also associate it with adults, using mandala coloring sheets as a therapeutic relaxation technique.
Coloring has now become more than that.
The world of technology is taking over everywhere, and coloring is no exception. However, it is no secret that the digital age is upon us. With all of the adults keeping one hand on their smartphones at all times, and children’s eyes constantly glued to the screens of TVs and tablets, it can be difficult for the simple life of coloring to merge with the digital one. Disney’s Research and Development team sees that, and is trying to create an experience that will do just that. No longer will it be just putting a crayon to your favorite coloring page; Disney’s Research and Development team has created technology that will create an augmented reality while you are coloring.
What exactly do they mean by this?
Well, now whatever you color in a coloring book will now be able to be 3-dimensional on a tablet through an app that Disney created. This Disney R&D team stationed in Zurich presented this new augmented reality technology at the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality in September of 2015. While it is not perfectly honed for distribution or ready for the public eye, they actually showcased how it worked at this conference.
How was this accomplished?
One could say that this is achieved through a little bit of Disney magic. The truth about augmented reality is something that has been worked on by just Disney, but Disney was the first one to innovate the coloring book with this clever new use of this emerging technology. of In particular, Disney’s team created a specific algorithm called the outlier rejection algorithm that helps find the form and color in the 2d work into 3d animation on the tablet. This means that if the app sees that the person colored the bottom of the character blue, then the front and back of the character will be blue during their 3 dimensional animated state. Perhaps this new technology will inspire a future generation of animators and developers, so simple things will be able to continue colliding with technology to make a whole new world of creativity.
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