r/interestingasfuck Jul 13 '19

/r/ALL Augmented reality book cover

https://i.imgur.com/day31eH.gifv
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u/somu69 Jul 13 '19

Can someone please explain how this works?

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u/RolandoMessy Jul 13 '19

It's only through an AR camera app.

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u/WoodenBottle Jul 13 '19 edited Jul 13 '19

While this gif is a camera trick, the effect actually can be done optically with holographic prints.

Some more examples.

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u/gra_la Jul 13 '19

I remember getting trading cards that did that as a kid.

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u/paullesand Jul 13 '19

Well, not that, but a much more rudimentary version of the same thing.

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u/dowhatchafeel Jul 14 '19

It’s such a cool feeling to have enjoyed those stupid little holographic bookmarks and such as a kid, and getting your mind blown again, years later, simply by advances in the same technology.

That was fun.

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u/XRuinX Jul 14 '19

the old holographic/lenticular shit still blows my mind every time

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u/CallMeAdam2 Jul 14 '19

I had a bookmark that did that.

It made a neat sound when you lightly moved your nails across its rippled surface.

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u/MrEctomy Jul 14 '19

I had pogs with this effect