Tuesday 18th July –

Today came with a mix of both frustration and delight.  Frustration because the software I was using today, as opposed to yesterday, was in beta and continually crashed my MacBook.  I suspect that this was a combination of computer bugs plus a lack of computer resource on my side.  However, I still managed to achieve a video short and again I learned lots! Below is my creation from today.  One thing for sure I need a new computer!

A Rotatable Spaceman Appears on a Book in my Bedroom

What Did I Learn?

I actually learned lots today.  I learned how to assign behaviours to make objects move in space.  This effect can be seen when the spaceman rotates.  This behaviour is initiated when the spaceman is tapped on screen. I also learned about different types of augmented reality experience placements.  Slowly but surely I am building my knowledge base.

What Did I Actually Achieve?

Although my video is still very basic I managed to rotate a 3d virtual object in space that was tracked to one of my book images.  I also managed to assign a rotate command so that the spaceman turned around a number of times.  I learned how to scale the spaceman and I could have made him full size had I wanted to.

What I didn’t achieve was to do any work in my research paper 😢 which is not great! However, I leave today feeling very optimistic – well, as long as my PC doesn’t continue to crash!