Using HP Reveal to Create an Augmented Reality Object

     Creating an AR object with HP Reveal is pretty simple.  You're just using the app to create a link between an image or a block of text (anything you can take a picture of) and another image or video.  You can see an quick, and very good, introduction to the process here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTGpjG_T7z8

     The first step is to create an account.  You can do that here: https://studio.hpreveal.com/landing
The app will work for android tablets and phones as well as Mac phones and IPads.

     As an example, I might be doing a brochure or story about birds at the Crow's Nest Research Center.  I'm going to print the brochure, but I'd like folks to see AR content when they scan the image of a bird.  I might want to link a photo of a Green Heron (from Green Heron pond at the site) to a map of the area.  So, once I've started the app, I would take a photo of the object/image/text I want for the target image.  The target image is what folks will scan with their phone or tablet to bring up the AR content.

My target image.

     Then I will be prompted to provide the Overlay - that's the AR that will pop up when you scan the target.  I've decided that I would like to have a map view of the Crow's Nest Research Center area pop up.  So I'll upload my Overlay image.

My overlay image.

     Then, as the video states, make your image public so others folks who have the HP Reveal app can see your AR when they look at the image.  They will have to subscribe to your account to see it.

     If you are interested in learning a bit more about Mixed Realities (Augmented Reality, Augmented Virtuality, Virtual Reality) you can visit my webpage at www.k12augmentedreality.blogspot.com