Making your Own Hologram

 Hello All

So today I decided we all need a bit of fun in the face of our forced isolation. I am a big Miranda Cosgrove fan. You know from that show iCarly that was on Nickelodeon from 2007 to 2012. It was a very silly show but I pretty much got my whole family watching it. She has a new show on CBS called Mission Unstoppable which is geared towards teaching STEM to young girls. She has a segment on the show in which she creates science based products and last week she created a hologram.  I thought it fit really well with the topic of AR.  Its one thing for the audience on this blog to go to a video to watch AR in action its another to create a hologram that you will be able to really see for yourself.  The great thing about this video is that we all have tablets and phones and the hologram is played on this device.  All you need is a ruler, pen, plastic paper (acetate) which can be found at a craft store, and clear tape.  I have included the video and underneath the video is hologram videos you play on your phone or tablet so it will show the hologram once you place your taped plastic trapezoidal prism (four trapezoids taped together).  Please post photos if you want of your finished product.  Again I just thought this would be a fun break from all of the reality we are currently facing.

Tammy

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruP3_I5MeDc

AR in manufacturing and production

 As an Instructional Designer its important to have the ability to make mistakes without adding additional cost to the final product. AR is a tool that enables designers to make as many mistakes when designing a final product without adding time or cost to the project. Working groups can try out a product through AR and identify kinks that need to be corrected prior to creating the final project. Today I will look at AR in the manufacturing and production industry.  How does this correlate to instructional design?  The manufacturing industry creates products and trains employees on products.  In manufacturing many of the machines have multiple parts that create the whole. In the design process different groups are in charge of creating the many parts to create the machine.  When different design teams who work on one part don't account for how the other part fits, the machine will not work. You are thinking to yourself surely that doesn't happen does it?  You just need to look at the long line of products that were recalled due to defects in the design.  I won't mention the manufactures name but all of these products caused a defect which led to injury or death.  Defects in easy bake ovens, defective gas pedals, baby slings, tires, bean bag chairs, high chairs, drop side cribs and cruise control.  I have included a link below if you are interested in the defect.  The fact is that instead of creating physical models AR lets any industry including engineers and designers to design a product.  If the model works in AR then the design team can move on to a physical creation.  This feature of AR helps save production cost, design team time, and overall quality of the final product.  AR is an invaluable tool no matter what industry you find yourself employed in.  

https://www.frayneaccidentinjurylaw.com/blog/10-famous-product-recalls/