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Topps in 3-D Technology
By Linda | March 10, 2009
Check this out!
Topp’s has launched a line of collector’s baseball cards that work with your webcam to bring players to life. The action unfolds right on your desktop!
The cards, called Topps 3-D Live, are built with technology created by augmented reality company Total Immersion. The images are not holograms. They are actually a digital overlay on the video stream itself, in real-time.”
To view the cards you must first download an ActiveX control from the Toppstown.com website. Once it’s installed, you simply click on the appropriate player, hold your card up to a webcam, and the player will appear to pop up in 3-D on your monitor’s image.
The card becomes fully interactive, too! Spin it around and the player spins. Tilt it and the player in your monitor tilts too. You can even use your keyboard to have him pitch, catch, or hit balls — and it all happens instantaneously as you send the commands.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You’re my only hope!
Topics: In the News, Technology, The Petri Dish, Toys & Games |
March 10th, 2009 at 11:35 am
WOW! What will they think of next!?!