Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic many organisations are making their products available either for free or at a reduced rate. There is an ever-growing collection of resources being developed to support people who are staying at home. For an extensive list of these and other resources please see the Karten Network website: https://karten-network.org.uk/home-learning-support/
For a bit of fun, invite a horse into your house, a lion into your Livingroom and while you are at it, have a tiger round for tea!
You will require a mobile device that supports Augmented Reality (AR). This will need to be, either an Android device running Android 7.0 or later or an Apple device running iOS 11.0 or later.
Open your web browser and do a Google search for an animal e.g. “tiger”. If an AR animal is available, it’ll show up in a small box with some information and an invitation to “Meet a life-sized tiger up close.” In that box will be an option to “View in 3D”, tap that and the website (Wikipedia) will place an animated 3D model on your screen. Tap on “View in your space,”. You may be asked to allow access to your camera, if so tap “allow”.
Point your device at the floor and the view will switch to an AR mode. You will be asked to move your phone around – this step may take a couple of minutes. Typically, you also need a room with fairly good light and a flat-ish surface. Then almost by magic the animal will pop up in your space. You can now move your device around to view the animal.
The current list of available animals is:
- Alligator
- Angler fish
- Brown bear
- Cat
- Cheetah
- Dog
- Duck
- Eagle
- Emperor penguin
- Goat
- Hedgehog
- Horse
- Lion
- Macaw
- Octopus
- Pug
- Giant panda
- Rottweiler
- Shark
- Shetland pony
- Snake
- Tiger
- Turtle
- Wolf
As always, I am interested to hear about how you are using mobile and other smart technology. I am also available to support and help where I can, even more so during these exceptional times.
Martin Pistorius, Karten Network Mobile Technology Advisor
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