Well, don’t we all feel like our reality could feel like augmenting sometimes? Seems a bit of posh term for it, but me and SB spent a fair while after lunch playing with this trial on BBC Jam which we came across yesterday.You need to sign up for it, and be accepeted to get the username and passoword. Though by the looks of it they are generic ones that everyone gets.
It is very much trial stuff at the moment, a bit crude and clunky, and the interactive bits sometimes don’t work that well, but it was enterntaining and you can imagine some good possibilities once it gets more refined.
Basically, what you have is simple story, that you read/listen to. Interspesed are little scenes where you use the printed materials to produce animated 3D characters on screen. You print out sheets of paper, with simple little block patterns printed on them. each one correpsonds to a specific charatcer/object , when put in front of the webcam, the software produces a 3D image on screen, by moving the printed image around, you can move the image on screen, rotate it etc. simple little actions/animations can be triggered etc.? Worth a play, other than bit of fiddling about to get the webcam to work with it, it worked fine, though it is little camera on stalk, pluged into the laptopo and could done with being mounted higher..
Other than that, we didn’t do much this morning really, moslty pottering around, waiting for Helen to go of to her conference for a couple of days. BB insisted on getting up at about 7.30 after I gave in, and then fell asleep again in her high chair about 9 grr! Did some reading with SB, a couple of Red nose Readers, some Cbeebies. SB and BB played soem chasing games together, BB kept wanting to unload the dishwasher. By bedtime I was glad once they were both settled – BB took a while as she slept a bit too long while we were augmented.
Relaxed with a beer and The Apprentice? Quite enjoyed this one, I loved the way Ruth just basically ignored the lads in her team and just went and got on with it. Poor old Tuan, just never had it in him, he was going to have to go, though I can’t see Syed making it – to inconsitent. i wonder who would ahve gone if it had been the other team, which it could easily have been it was so close.
Ansell I reckon if the other team had lost. Interesting how Sir Alan keeps splitting up Paul and Ruth – he could have swapped one of them with someone else and had them on the same team but didn’t. Wonder if they will be next week – Paul & Ruth on one team and everyone else on the other..
Missed that episode of the Apprentice…thanks for the update. Had similar experience with BBC Jam. And just noticed your link to Education City and wondered if you would recommend it. Have sent off for the 5 day trial but would love to know more…
Yeah, EC is worth a try. SB enjoys it in fits and starts. Though we’ve never gone for a sub yet, if you don’t sign up they extend your trail a few times, and by then she seems to have had ebnouhg for bit. It can be a bit expensive, but I know Sarah of Just Another Morning Here, negotiated reduced rate when she took out subs for various children
Ah, yes…have just tried a trial and your description fits exactly. I can see the children liking it for a bit and then tiring, and it therefore being a bit expensive. Plus, they would want to move from one year group to another, depending on interest and subject skill, so this might add to the expense if we didn’t also negotiate a la Sarah…
Thanks for the help.