junaio channel creator page
I just finished playing around with the new junaio’s channel creator, which allows the novice user to create his or her own augmented reality (AR) channel without any programming skills. This would be a great tool for teachers or students interested in quickly adding some 3D or video content for an interactive walking tour.
Before you begin, you have to sign up for a FREE Developer Account. Once that’s out the way, you can start defining you channel with categories, descriptive text, icons, and geographic data. You can actually restrict your content certain regions, which is a nice touch if you want to target a specific target audience.
Defining your channel
Initially, I though that junaio creator would act as a content management system (CMS) for any AR channel but I realized it’s restricted to junaio Glue. junaio Glue specifically allows you to connect virtual information to the real world using image recognition. As a result, the user will need to scan a poster, sticker, etc. in order to access any video or 3D models provided through your channel. This is great for anyone interested in creating an AR scavenger hunt.
Once you’ve defined the channel, you can begin adding content. You are currently restricted to two types of media (e.g., videos and animated 3D models). junaio Creator has some built-in interactions that are activated when the user click the model, such as descriptive text, homepage, phone, and email. In my first experiment, I created a quick model using Google Sketchup and quickly learned that it doesn’t support the M2d format. I’m stuck. If you have Blender, you should be able to export your model and texture into the application without any trouble.
Next, I’ll experiment with the video content. More to come….
Great post! I’m really interested in the use of this technology in schools. I’m a non-coder trying to use this as a community link / outward facing showcase of children’s work at UK Primary level. I’ll be sure to follow this blog. Thanks so much for being ‘on it’!
Are you familiar with Future Lab in Bristol? They’ve done some amazing projects with augmented reality in education. You read some of their white papers and find out more details on their results. I distinctly remember a project they did using the PSP and image recognition, which was similar to your target audience. Check out: http://www.futurelab.org.uk/
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Greetings from Seoul. I had created a Korean Pandora TV Channel account and labeled it Augmented Reality and had briefly met with Metaio Asia in Sungnam ( ? not sure, it was close to Samsung) .
However, I figured they were busy but just noticed this tutorial today through the email from PR that came in.
Would like to see about this being taught in Korea.
It’s a small world! My father is from Seoul. Are you interested in learning the junaio application or using the technology to teach other subjects?
Learning about junaio app would be great!
Small world indeed!