ClayARVirtual Clay in the Real World

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Intro - Of Clay and ClayAR...• Clay - infinitely malleable, can be shaped to visually represent

anything. Historically, the most intuitive creation tool.

• ClayAR is a mixed reality productivity platform that lets you create anything, anywhere your mobile device goes -- but, with the power of a truly infinitely malleable and infinitely replicable virtual clay.

• It’s “Augmented Reality Clay” - or...

• “virtual clay in the real world” - an intuitive creation tool of the mobile era

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The ClayAR Project• Software Component - intuitive touchscreen-accelerometer-

camera* driven “clay” modeling toolset with cloud-based data storage that enables seamless creation across devices, and a virtual marketplace

• natural interface motif for mobile manipulation of 3d mesh

• Hardware Component - the next generation mobile device that lets you 3d holographically project your mesh on the spot or fab / 3d print your creation when you leave your phone to charge. (Think: early Holodecks or Replicators)

• the ability to take that virtual mesh and make it real

Sunday, May 22, 2011

CREATIONDesign Considerations...

• Key Objective - Avoid Complexity. “Don’t turn into Maya”

• Minimal, intuitive, adaptive interface - for ubiquitous creation, anytime, anywhere

• Multitouch motifs for more “onscreen” degrees of freedom

• View Mode - global manipulations, i.e., physical rotation/movement of clay, add/remove additional clay balls

• Edit Mode - sculpting

• Embraces mobile device capabilities for extended input points - device accelerometer for rotating and moving your virtual object - and GPS for tying your virtual mesh to a real location

• Fundamentally, based on a clay motif. You can sculpt clay, and connect it to other balls of clays with sticks! (Demo coming up!)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

INFRASTRUCTURE...Infinitely Replicable, but so what?

• Data stored in the ClayAR cloud - safe, and accessible anywhere

• even from the middle of the Congo!

• Creations can be instantly shared in the ClayAR Marketplace - others can modify and extend existing creations - accessible both in-app and on the web

• Extendable -

• ClayAR content available in universal 3d file formats (.obj and others)

• Easily take into your existing pipeline, or dropship to Shapeways!

• (Or 3d print or 3d project it with ClayAR hardware)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

DEMO!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

A 3D HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR PHONE + 3D PRINTERThe ClayAR Phone...

Sunday, May 22, 2011

PLATFORM EXTENSIONS...• Pipeline integration

• Exports to standard 3d file formats accessible via a UUID on the ClayAR server - direct download to your desktop workstation for integration in your own projects

• ClayAR Mobile Game Creation Engine - Touch and drag simple behaviors to your ClayAR-created mesh, to instantly create mobile games with them!

• “Plant your clay in the real world!”

• Location-tying ClayAR to POI’s

• mShakespeare Virtual TheatreSunday, May 22, 2011

http://blog.ClayAR.comPrivate Beta available for

iOS and Android

Help determine an intuitive universal set of tools to avoid complexity of onscreen buttons

for mobile 3d mesh manipulation and creation Sunday, May 22, 2011