Augmented Reality Interactive Sandbox

First of all, we started off research about how to create a poster that is informative and professional while keeping it aesthetically pleasing to the eye. we sketched down some ideas and we talked about the pros and cons but after a long discussion we settled on this layout of the poster, We chose this layout because this is colorful so it is eye-catching. While keeping it nice and distinctive, it also keeps each section nice and tidy as we have lots of material to go over hence it is useful to have each section separated in an organized fashion. We had drafted many posters and contemplate how to phrase our paragraphs and keep it straight forward and entertaining. We want to utilize all the space on the poster. Although A1 size should be large enough for all the split sections, it is still challenging to keep the theory behind the sandbox straight forward and uncomplicated with matching images. We will have a QR code that brings th...

Free play mode Free play mode allows user to alter surface of the landscape.  Moon theme Moon theme replaces the surface of the earth with the surface of the moon. Flooding Stimulation  This function raises the sea level in the sandbox and stimulate the effect of flooding in the real world.

01/3/2019 This is week 5 and will be our last lab session. Everything is almost ready, we are testing the 3D printing component. We have created a simple GUI to allow the user to create a 3D file (STL) ready for printing. while we are waiting for the prototype to be printed out, we contemplate about the layout of the poster and how it can be informative and also aesthetically pleasing at the same time.  Printed product It is made in 1:10 ratio so it is as big as a chocolate bar, but we are going to have the model in a bigger size,1:4, so we can have a better look of the 3d model and view the details better. This 3D model took around 2 hours to print which is unexpected for the scale-down size of it. Side by side comparison The screenshot above shows the graphic user interface (GUI) of the 3d model program. The program is MATLAB and creates a friendly interface for the user first to preview what the sand surface may loo...