{"id":8565,"date":"2012-10-24T13:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T06:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2012-10-24T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T06:45:14","slug":"bringing-animals-to-life-in-3d-on-your-ipad-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/bringing-animals-to-life-in-3d-on-your-ipad-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Animals to Life in 3D on Your iPad 2+"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Lori Cunningham (@wellconnectdmom)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The latest trend this past year has been using accessories with your iPad to enhance the tablet’s capabilities while making the iPad a more social experience, rather than personal experience. \u00a0We are reviewing several items like that now. \u00a0One of them includes a pack of large size cards you buy at the store and use with your iPad 2 or latest iPad (must have a camera). \u00a0The cards are made by Cypher Kids Club and are called i3D Interactive Cards which create an augmented reality right in front of your eyes. \u00a0Cypher Kids Club makes three 3D Interactive Learning Card sets that help children recognize:<\/p>\n

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  3. Wild Animal Adventures<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    All three sets of #CypherKidsClub packs are geared towards kids ages 3 and up and cost roughly $30 for each.<\/div>\n
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    How i3D Interactive Learning Cards Work<\/span><\/h2>\n

    After buying the cards, download the corresponding app from the App Store. \u00a0We bought the Wild Animal Adventures Cards from Target* (see what we saw during our shopping trip<\/a>) and downloaded the Wild Animal Adventures free app<\/a> from the App Store when we got home. \u00a0Once we loaded the app, we chose one of the 18 interactive 3D cards (which had a picture of a parrot) and placed it\u00a0in front\u00a0of the iPad camera. \u00a0To our amazement a beautiful multicolored parrot was standing on top of the card. \u00a0As we moved the card around, the parrot moved. \u00a0We could see a top down view, a side view, and even behind the parrot as we moved the card around in front of the camera.<\/p>\n

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    It really is augmented reality at its best. \u00a0Here a parrot is calmly sitting on my kitchen counter. \u00a0The narrative is playing, teaching us all about parrots. \u00a0I love how you can move the parrot throughout your house and see him in different rooms, as your camera shows what it sees. \u00a0Once you register the card with your camera, you can put the card down and you’ll see the animal until you exit the scene.<\/div>\n

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    Here are the various wild animal cards available in the Wild Animal Adventures Cypher Kids Club Pack. \u00a0The cards include both land animals and sea animals. \u00a0Cypher Kids Club i3D Learning Cards work with the following Apple products:<\/p>\n