Disney Has Invented 3D Coloring Books

With itsColor Alive line , Crayola was the first company to conflate coloring books and apps so shaver could bring their on - page creations to living . ButDisney Researchis taking that idea one step further by letting kids see a gloss Scripture character move in 3-D while they ’re still coloring it .

It ’s all made potential by a novel augment world app that Disney Research has developed that ’s capable to track and bewitch genuine - time images from a mobile gadget ’s camera , and then map them onto any 3D deformable Earth’s surface . In the good example above it ’s a toon elephant whose pant are slowly being colored in , but it could just as easily be a castle get new flag , or a space ship getting some battle damage .

The app is still in the inquiry phases so do n’t expect to see it available for download or figure out with color books you may buy at the Disney Store just yet . But it ’s a glorious way to bridge the experience of colourize with crayon or pencils — which has yet to be perfectly recreated on a touchscreen equipment — with the apps and games that more promptly seize a child ’s attention these days . [ Disney Research ]