- A developer made an
augmented reality tool that lets people copy and paste objects from the real world. - In a demo, creator Cyril Diagne uses a
smartphone to take a photo of an object and paste it into a digital file. - The software automatically detects and crops along the edges of an object, turning it into a sticker in a matter of seconds.
- $4.
The line between the physical world and the digital one is blurring — and a new tool lets you drag objects across that line more easily than ever before.
Developer Cyril Diagne built a point-and-click augmented reality tool that lets people use a smartphone to "copy" an image of an object from real life and paste it into a Photoshop file in a matter of seconds.
—Cyril Diagne (@cyrildiagne) $4
The tool, first reported by $4, demonstrates one of the most convenient potential use cases for augmented reality, a technology that has attracted $4 but has struggled to capture consumers' attention more broadly.
Diagne's software automatically detects and crops along the edges of an object being photographed, turning it into a sticker that can be easily added to a digital file. It also detects when a phone's camera is pointed at a computer screen to automatically "paste" the image. The whole process takes about six seconds, $4.
—Cyril Diagne (@cyrildiagne) $4
Other developers replied to Diagne sharing $4 that they're building. While Diagne's tool is still a prototype and not a finished app, the full source code is available on $4.
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