Young children often fantasize about flying into the pages of a fairy tale and becoming part of the story. The MagicBook project makes this fantasy a reality using a normal book as the main interface object. The models appear attached to the real page so users can see the augmented reality scene from any perspective by moving themselves or the book. The virtual content can be any size and is animated, so the augmented reality view is an enhanced version of a traditional 3D pop-up book. Using the MagicBook interface to move between reality and virtual reality.
Users can change the virtual models by turning the book pages.
In the VR view, they re free to move about the scene at will, so using the MagicBook people can experience the full reality virtuality continuum. Several readers can look at the same book and share the story together. If they re using the augmented reality displays, they can each see the virtual models from their own viewpoint. More interestingly, one or more people may immerse themselves in the virtual world while others view the content as an augmented reality scene. In the immersive world, people viewing the augmented reality scene appear as large, virtual heads looking down from the sky.