Comics: Alive on the Inside!!

Display in the Central Library

10th – 16th August – By the Internal Stair case

(3D Augmented Reality MagicBook)

This exhibit demonstrates how a normal comic book can be transformed into a MagicBook: a new type of reading experience made possible through the use of Augmented Reality (AR) technology. Augmented Reality enhances our view of the world by adding 3D computer graphics into the real environment around us, so that the real and virtual images are blended together.

In the AR MagicBook, 3D virtual scenes from the story appear to pop out of the real pages of the comic book, bringing the characters to life. This is achieved through a combination of creative illustration, 3D modelling, software programming and computer hardware.