DIY Tardis looks bigger on inside with augmented reality

[Evil Eye]

A US-based Doctor Who fan has built a model of the Tardis designed to look bigger on its inside than its outside.



Rather than circumvent the laws of physics Greg Kumparak has relied on augmented reality (AR).



The actual interior of his wooden model features a zebra-striped fabric.



But when a smartphone is held in front of it running an AR app, it appears to show a spacious interior modelled on the ninth and tenth Doctors' time machine.



Mr Kumparak, former mobile editor at the Techcrunch news site, said he decided to embark on the project over his Thanksgiving break.



He had carved the exterior out of wood, painted it blue and attached a working light to its top before coming up with the idea of creating the illusion that the inside was huge.



There's a running gag in Doctor Who, wherein new characters are always dumbstruck by the Tardis being bigger on the inside than it appeared on the outside, he wrote on his blog.



Once I realised I had a rough idea of how to pull that off, I couldn't not do it.

Video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20836747





That's awesome.

 

[Jazzy]

Now that is very cool!