Augmented reality drawsyoungsters to read books
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WU Ziyue, 6, delights in the feeling that he is Ma Liang, a boy in Chinese legends who had a magic brush that made everything he drew become real.
Today, augmented reality technology is that brush.
Wu was among many children who have attended summer activities at the Jing’an Children’s Library.
When he painted an undersea world, volunteers with appropriate apps on their mobile phones scanned the picture. Voila! On the screen, the colorful fish that Wu drew appeared to swim around.
“It’s so cool,” Wu said, with unbridled excitement.
Zhang Shiqi, who worked in the children’s program, said youngsters between the ages of 4 and 6 really are mesmerized by the “magic” of augmented reality.
“It helps them expand their experience,” she said.
Librarians hope such experience will lead children into the world of reading.
“For example, by drawing a fish and seeing it swimming around, a child may get interested in the oceans and underwater life,” Zhang said. “To satisfy curiosity, children will seek out related books from the library.”
In the future, she said, storybooks will also be enhanced by augmented reality, allowing children to engage personally with the content and characters in stories.
Library official Zhu Run said she envisions a future where libraries become magic worlds filled with talking books, just like those described in the world of Harry Potter.
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