Assets:

• TV- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/furniture/small-pack-furniture-56628

• Dresser- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/furniture/customizable-bedroom-72562

• Furniture- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/furniture/big-furniture-pack-7717

• Plants- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vegetation/plants/plants-150261

• Laptop- https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/low-poly-office-props-lite-131438

• Wood Floor Texture: https://hipwallpaper.com/floor-backgrounds/

Audio:

• Background Ambience- https://mega.nz/file/ajY2UaSa#cJZFFqHNaGthvRC6j_rgHbCUiWnMQlyLdJBvqmMl08I

Figure:

• Animation- https://www.mixamo.com/#/

• Clothes

  • Jeans- http://www.makehumancommunity.org/clothes/tight_jeans_female.html

  • Shirt- http://www.makehumancommunity.org/clothes/tshirt_basic_tucked.html

• Model- http://www.makehumancommunity.org/content/downloads.html

In the future when most people are regularly wearing augmented reality glasses, I could see these kinds of play sets being used quite often. I do not see them being used in everyday life since there is no real necessity for them, but the play sets could be used for entertainment purposes. Since the glasses could be worn at any given time, it allows the user to pull up a play set whenever they want. It would be convenient and have more of a seamless transition from seeing just the items in the real world to adding an artificial playset wherever and whenever. Sometimes it is just interesting to look at, but being able to interact with it as well contributes to the desire to use it.

I think kids would find these particular play sets the most interesting, especially as life size. It might be a little weird at first if the figure looks exactly like them, but the way that they will interact with it really depends on their age. A child who is much younger might just be scared, similar to being scared of their own reflection in the mirror. So I would not see this being geared towards a young audience, but older kids with more of an understanding of what augmented reality is could find it interesting to interact with the figure. They could interact with it similar to the way the animations are changed in the play set of the project. The only problem with it in the project is that it does not always work. With the glasses, it would have to be a bit more seamless. A virtual button could be seen while wearing the glasses similar to the one placed on an image target near the play set in the project. It may be a little more appealing to kids if they had multiple options on what they can change the animations to, along with different audios. This would apply to the life size and tabletop version of the playset. The button is not applied to the life size version in the project, but I think it would be a good idea to add it to appeal to kids and make them want to interact with a figure that looks like them.

Although kids would probably have the most enjoyment out of these types of playsets, they can also be appealing to an older crowd as well. Personally I found it quite interesting to work with the play sets, but the life size version in particular. Seeing the table top version first sparked some interest but once seeing the life size version compared to it, it was clear to me that people like myself would enjoy seeing it in the second form mentioned. The tabletop version of the play set felt more like a doll set, but the life size version gave more of an immersive feeling. For me it really created a different atmosphere seeing an animated version that is the size of myself in the real world, and this would probably feel the same for others in the future.