Augmented Reality Brings a Shadowy Fantasy Land to Life

A student at Parsons creates a whimsical fantasy world out of shadow, light, and augmented reality,

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For her master's thesis at Parsons, designer and programmer Joon Moon created "Augmented Shadow," a "fantasy ecosystem" rendered on an augmented reality tabletop.

Users interact with the project using blocks, which are followed by realistic, shadowy animations of houses. These appear to emanate from a single source of light--but are actually projected from overhead. Then things get...