Hold the world in your hands with Augmented Reality

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doug.lai@nebo.edu

DIY Motor Version 1.0 @Tinkercad | Osamu Iwasaki | Flickr

Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com/

Create an account - you can use a Google login, which works nice. The next step is to create a class. Once you have created a class, you need to add students. I have found it is easiest to paste in a list of students. It will assign a nickname. I just go ahead and change the nickname to their lunch number. Then, I can get a link for the class code and push that out to students in Google Classroom. Anytime they need to login, they use that link and the nickname to sign in. It is a good idea to set this up that way so you can login to students accounts to help them with projects, check work, or make a quick adjustment.

Tinkercad is a great software that works on Chromebooks. Students can make all kinds of shapes. They can use colors for their objects. There are hundred of YouTube videos about how to use it, and they also have several tutorials, but it's fun to just let kids explore. In addition to using this software for augmented reality, their same designs can be used to export to a 3D Printer.

I had my students make a minion or a monster. They could design it anyway they wanted. Once they have the parts all put together and the colors the way they want, you can click and highlight all the parts and group them together. You just need to click the color afterwards and choose multicolor.


The next step is to export the file. You will export it at an .OBJ file. This will create a zip folder that you will then upload to Object Viewer.

Once you have your zip file you need to create an account with Merge. https://login.mergeedu.com/login

You can use Google once again. You can have 5 objects at a time. But you can view as many as you like, you just need the code. You will upload the whole zip file in order to have a colored object. If you only upload the obj file it will not be multicolored.

Next, you need to install the app on either an Apple, Android, or Windows device. You can login to your account and select the file or type in the 6 character code for it. Then, place the Merge cube in front of the device and you object should appear. You can drag a finger up the screen to make it larger. You can stamp the object and make multiple copies or just make one and then take a photo of the student with it.


Merge cube that you can use for personal use.

merge cube.pdf

Apps that work with a Merge Cube. First page are free ones, second page are paid ones.

Cube-App-List-QR-Codes merge cube.pdf

Tutorial for Object Viewer. Also has some codes for images.

Object-Viewer_Getting-Started-Guide.pdf

Other Ideas for Merge Cubes. CoSpaces. There are lots of lesson plans, however it does cost money. I like Free.

MergeCubeCoSpacesEDUChineseLantern.pdf