My Brother

23 January 2012

So coincident that my bro and I wore the same colour (orangey) during our visitation to my parents' home.

I think that this the only photo that I had taken with just my brother. The rest of photos were always together with some other family members.

Yes, my bro's tall, as tall as my hubby. Hmm... wonder where he got the height from. My parents are of average height.

Chinese New Year at School

20 January 2012

All kids told to dress up in school.

Kids did dragon mask, lantern, chinese painting etc....

Pa's Birthday 2012

07 January 2012

An early birthday celebration for my dad.

Happy Birthday Pa !

My 3 nephews are very close to my dad cos' my dad looked after them when they were young.

They will always hug my dad and also my mom whenever they greet my dad and mom.

My Augmented Reality Creation

Ha! I've found out how the Science Museum brings their 3D dinosaurs to life by just pointing your iphone on a dinosaur pic. Well, I'm pretty sure that this is how they did it.

To view my own augmented reality creation app, you have to go to the iTunes store(sorry, only for iphones) and download this app : Aurasma Lite (it's free).

After downloading it to your iphone, point your iphone's camera to the below dragon pic, centre it and see what happens.

HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS DRAGON YEAR EVERYONE!

Now to just figure out how to do a 3D augmented reality image *scratch head*

Dinosaurs 3D !

I was sourcing for some Dinosaurs apps for Eugene to install on my iphone when I came across an app for the Dinosaur Museum that we went earlier at the Science Centre.

I went to the 'Dinosaur Live' web page to find out what's it all about and read the below "

See a dinosaur come alive!*

Using the Dinos Live! iphone application, view augmented reality 3D dinosaurs launching from the images below! You can see the 3D pop-out effect right on your computer monitor, or download and print the images to view them on your desk or table.  

Instructions:   

1. Download the free app - Dinos Live! (from the App Store).
2. Find the appropriate image in the selection menu.
3. Focus your device on the image.
4. Watch a dinosaur come alive!

*Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone4, iPod Touch (4th generation) and iPad2.

 

Click on the images above to view them at full size (Remember, you can print them out before using your app to view the 3D effect on a flat surface like a table).

 

I downloaded the app and tried it and it works!

Wow, wow wow! It's amazing and Eugene was also fascinated by it.

 The app allows you to take pics of the 3D effect.


Ok, maybe if you look at the pics, you'll know what I mean.

See Dinosaurs in my living room !

T-Rex

Amazing right?

STYRACOSAURUS

SPINOSAURUS

TYRANNOSAURUS

ORNITHOLESTES - TINY HUNTER

The dinosaurs are not 3D static. It moves and roars!

If you don't have the stickers for the app, no problem.

What I did was this :
(a) download the free app from itunes.
(b) the app have the pics of the dinosaurs for the 3D effect, so I print-screen the dinosaurs' pics on my iphone.
(c) download the dinosaurs pics from your iphone to your computer.
(d) open downloaded pics on your computer : the pics will have instructions on it, so just crop the pics of the dinosaur without the instructions.
(e) print out the pics and you're done!


I'm really fascinated by the technology : that is how they can program in such a way that you just have to aim your app at the piece of paper and you have a pop-up dinosaur.


See to believe it! It's really amazing!