Augmented Reality Sandbox will Blow Your Mind!

Craig Beals unveils his latest build - a sandbox like no other! The white sand acts as a projector screen and a topographic map image is projected on the surface. An XBOX Kinect is positioned to read the contours of the sand and draw new topographic lines according to how the sand is moved. This augmented reality sandbox will blow your mind!
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This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information outlined in this video, you assume responsibility for the results. As with any experiment, proceed at your own risk.
Credit to UC Davis:
The AR Sandbox concept, design and programs were developed at the University of California - Davis. I give them full credit and I appreciate them making the software and information available so I could build one for my school. arsandbox.ucdavis.edu/
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[@everydayepic8287]

Glad someone found a use for the Kinect

[@nabkawe]

Tbh that gadget is the only thing that went from consumer back to commercial use, can't count how many technologies are still using Kinect right now.

[@lamasu8060]

@@nabkawe a ton of hospitals use it.

[@KimiandOscar]

😂😂😂

[@scoutgaming737]

kinnect: I was murdered!

[@rockstopsthetraffic]

I remember going to the grad shows of a few local "new media" programs early last decade. I want to say half the projects used kinects, the other half used Arduinos.

[@dave5194]

A literal topographical sandbox, wow! That is so trippy.

[@BealsScience]

David -flamingsword1 technology is fantastic, isn't it?!

[@Wandkater]

@@BealsScienceI’ve seen one of these and messed with it it’s kinda cool but it was made out of litter or smth.

[@BealsScience]

@@Wandkater like kitty litter?!

[@Wandkater]

@@BealsScience yes

[@BealsScience]

Cool! I haven’t seen that used before.

[@lrigdrenlrigdren2147]

We had one in the small natural history museum at a college where I taught. It was great for illustrating concepts about surfaces and vectors in multivariable calculus too!

[@BealsScience]

I never thought of that as an application! How cool!

[@thomasjones4893]

This is quite honestly one of the coolest things I’ve seen in my life

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! I didn’t develop it, just shared instructions for making it.

[@norcal9168]

yes its awesome the army uses it

[@DigitalEgghead]

Very cool! Things like this that make learning fun are awesome. Thanks for creating such a good video for this!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! I literally just had a bunch of my high school students in my room after school. They've spent several days after school learning how to run the program and developing lessons for elementary kids. They will be taking the AR Sandbox to the elementary schools in our city this year and teaching little ones about science, technology, topography, etc! In other words, this project is proving to be well worth the time and effort!

[@yakarotsennin3115]

This is mind-boggling cool!!! I'm gonna see if I can suggest this to my school.

[@BealsScience]

Get your school on board to build one! You won’t be disappointed!!

[@TheActionBastard]

Building something that baffles people when you explain it and then having them all go "OOOOOH! RAD. I want to play with that!" is just an amazing feeling. I've built a few projects that when explained sounded absolutely nuts or incomprehensible but once finished were instant hits with friends... but never this kind of hit. :P I want to play with that...

[@hillelposner6658]

Incredible!

[@lorenzo501]

playing with sand on a whole new level^^

[@unown_]

This is really awesome.

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

[@sambevins8321]

dude this is insane!!

[@BealsScience]

+Sam Bevins its crazy isn't it! We've been having a blast playing in the sand!

[@Antoinethecool]

This made me so happy

[@Jakob.Hamburg]

Very nice project. It looks awesome. : )

[@BealsScience]

Thank you very much!

[@ricklowkster3737]

This is amazing !!!! Im amazed at thw thing we as humans can invent and this seems like a great mixture of education and fun . its awesome .

[@BealsScience]

I agree! The folks at UC Davis came up with something very special (and simple) with this project! Thanks for watching!

[@Pauly365]

Very useful for many applications.

[@BealsScience]

👍

[@arildboes]

mind blown - good work!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@ManiacalV]

I really love this. Well done!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@fibonojomano5369]

You could create a video game map in the sand, scan that map and then Paste the scan as terrain for the game. And the best thing about that is: It’s very fast and easy to make. And beautiful Edit: And it is easily customisable

[@chrismercier6035]

By far the coolest sand box ever! Where was this when I played with my GI Joes?

[@BealsScience]

Chris Mercier get GI Joe back out of storage! We are going to bring Joe into the 21st Century!!

[@chrismercier6035]

Beals Science , epic stop animation Lego battle! Just Saying

[@sincerelyjerry244]

awesome! thank you

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@duncanlauder5906]

Fantastic. just amazingly fantastic. Fun and realworld application

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@eal22108]

My school got one of these the other day!! So excited for my geology class to use it!!

[@BealsScience]

I think you are going to love it!

[@-jackplayz-2374]

Those things are SOOO fun! I got to play with one of those at OMSI Oregon.

[@BealsScience]

Was the one at OMSI this same size or bigger? I'd love to find someone (or somewhere) that has a HUGE version of this and go check it out.

[@User-kc4bu]

My school just made one... Beautiful

[@BealsScience]

awesome! How did it turn out?!

[@dreamguest3597]

@@BealsScience It turned out great. I was the xbox

[@mkayultra999]

how much did it cost by chance? I would like to make this for my work

[@andrewthimgan8824]

Hello Craig. Thank you for posting your video of the augmented reality sandbox. Last summer, I built one for my 5th-grade classroom. It works great and kids are learning many lessons from it. I recently added a bulk bag of small fossils so they can use it as a dino dig as well. Just an idea for you!

[@BealsScience]

Love the fossil idea! Thank you!

[@harshdeeptelang127]

This really is the coolest thing ever!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! I give all the credit for this cool contraption to the folks at University of California - Davis who developed the idea.

[@renosyaputra]

This is totally mind blowing, why, for sure because someone can find usefulness of AR apart of amusement and marketing promotion

[@tory3625]

Awesome, thanks I'm going to make one!!

[@BealsScience]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@dompedroii4656]

Great Work, I really like this

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@AhmedNabilize]

stunning

[@vansmagugojohannveshtoble3422]

Dude! This is really cool

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@aeman6543]

This is awesome

[@MyGamesterGaming]

That is awesome! you seem like an amazing teacher! and the other teachers seem like they had a blast! keep up the good work at home and on the job!

[@BealsScience]

+MyGamester Gamin thank you for the kind words! And thanks for watching!

[@telintajenifer6299]

simply blows my mind! wow!

[@BealsScience]

Thanks for watching!

[@ricordacoesdeummundomelhor9397]

great video!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@rachelmadson]

HOLY 💩‼️ This is the most insanely ingenious, interesting, intriguing, & incredible invention I have seen EVER, EVER, EVER, EVERRRRRR 👀 👍

[@BealsScience]

Thank you for the kind words! I give all credit to the team that developed it at UC Davis.

[@miiroo2781]

Ok, im going to build. Ty 😀

[@BealsScience]

No problem 👍 Thanks for watching!

[@november8039]

This is truly genius

[@joeachievement5670]

Awesome!, awesome! This is mindblowing! :O

[@BealsScience]

You are way too kind! Thank you!

[@diegoroa69]

Awesome!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@Ehsidorah]

This should have gone viral. I am homeschooled and i need this stuff.

[@BealsScience]

THANK YOU! I know of at least 25 schools and organizations that have contacted me to let me know they built an AR Sandbox using these plans! So, even though my video has never made it into the mainstream I am happy knowing that a lot of people were inspired to build one to inspire other people! Thanks for watching!

[@im2groovy]

Saw this at an aquarium in Connecticut, it was just luke this, and real fun to use. I wish you couod little house and stuff

[@BealsScience]

They are popping up everywhere! That’s a good thing! More people should get to play with augmented reality environments!

[@sapna7708]

super cool !

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@z0mbiepool]

Epic man, Epic.

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!!

[@CleverExploration]

Super cool.

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@bailshardy6048]

this is so cool i want to make one now

[@BealsScience]

Bails Hardy thank you! If you build one you will not be disappointed! It is way more amazing in real life!

[@_free_explorer]

Amazing!

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@1.4142]

Saw this on a random compilation. You must be a fun teacher!

[@BealsScience]

Thank you for the kind words!!

[@lasdi]

*Magnifique projet*

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@unknownentity835]

Good for creators in the studios games.

[@KeithBeez]

Really cool

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@jayjordan9371]

4:29 Experienced this at Buffalo Museum of Science. Our two littles seemed to enjoy this exhibit most. I know I surely did 🌏🌍

[@BealsScience]

They are really quite amazing to play with!

[@rieger.design]

I built it once too and it was endless hours of fun

[@BealsScience]

They really are hours of fun, aren’t they?!

[@151manasa]

No words!!

[@thek4lqueen]

Im going to use this in my next Geography class im so excited to use it

[@BealsScience]

I think you are going to really enjoy it!

[@commanderAnakin]

This is amazing. I can't even believe how awesome this is. How much did it cost?

[@BealsScience]

It cost about $1800 US to build but you could do it for less with cheaper components or for more if you want higher resolution.

[@jamesduncan5449]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I love the topography lines but what if I wanted a hexagonal pattern with a more satellite kind of view for dungeons and dragons or other tabletop games. Ooooo I just peed a little!

[@BealsScience]

I am sure there are ways to tweak the code to make anything you'd like! In fact, there are companies using the system/code to sell this as a product and many of them offer other uses (games, mazes, ants crawling around the sand dunes, etc)!

[@timeyles8841]

I love this and wish there was a way to bring this Nickelodeon!

[@krzysztoww]

YOU ARE THE BEST!

[@BealsScience]

You are way too kind. Thank you!

[@trumanseligman7578]

Teaching: No greater profession. Thank you.

[@BealsScience]

Thanks for the kind words! I am glad teaching found me - I can't imagine myself anywhere else!

[@trentsendah7061]

*NOW THIS IS A REAL TEACHER*

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!!

[@linkdark8073]

You are an absolute genius. I want one to cure my anxiety

[@BealsScience]

Genius?! Well, thank you! But all the credit goes to the team at UC Davis who developed it.

[@SuperFerz]

Interestingly, now I know where the term "sandbox" (for trying out computer code) comes from!

[@tnwhiskey68]

This would be great for military terrain boards!

[@BealsScience]

I was inspired to build one of these when I first saw this at a Military Simulating and Training Conference in Florida where it was showcased as a terrain board that would be mobile and could be used in the field!

[@sabasgt]

Students in the University Simon Bolívar in Venezuela also built one of these! And it's completely awesome!!

[@BealsScience]

Awesome! In your opinion, what activity with the AR Sandbox is the most fun?

[@sabasgt]

I didn't have too much time to play around with it, but I would say that making a very tall mountain, then drawing an irregular path to the bottom and finally using your hand to produce rain from the top and seeing it actually fall and go through the path I made was the most awesome and fun thing I did with it!

[@BealsScience]

It seems like mountains and rain are a favorite for most people! But my students absolute favorite is to destroy their mountains and cause landslides to watch the water slosh through the landscape! Thanks for sharing.

[@rccipriani]

Orlando Science Center has one, I could have played with it all day.

[@BealsScience]

They really are amazing, aren’t they?!

[@MariHalo]

With new technology, I think it would be awesome if it updated in real time

[@typicaltito5953]

hey Mr Beales, it's Micah, from chemistry! this is so cool, I just might attempt to recreate it!

[@BealsScience]

Micah Tow thanks! Turned out pretty awesome didn't it! If you don't end up making one you can always come to school and play in the sand!

[@urmom-th9ur]

I went to wonder works and saw this :)

[@norasantiago8848]

We made one last year for our college. The students loved it. How do you project the topography? What type of topography map you used?

[@BealsScience]

I just pulled a topographic map as an image off the web and projected it. Then we built up the sand to match it.

[@clams377]

This is very cool for the world of GIS

[@BealsScience]

I can only imagine how powerful it would be to have this linked to GIS so we could display any data!

[@foty8679]

I was at a ESA presentation, where they showed something exactly like this.

[@yoruhana190]

You are a genius. Its a litter to expensive for me but i have a project that works wit procedural generated world and a paddle boat simulater if you can combine it you could create worlds on the fly. .. in seconds.

[@BealsScience]

That would be amazing!

[@noahnkr1023]

Finally the Kinect is being used for something

[@BealsScience]

Agreed!!

[@Iamkitkatbar]

we got one in my geology class and shits cool

[@technicalitems731]

This is amazing. I’ve dreamed of this as a tool to use to explain to customers about their existing and Proposed earthmoving project. I understand the whole build except one thing….what is the software needed? How does that work? Thanks

[@BealsScience]

The software is free and available through the link in the description. All you need it a PC with a capable graphics card, Linux, the free software l, and you are in your way!

[@mr1ddub]

I am a little confused as to how the projector works. Can you make a video that elaborate on that?

[@maheshjangid4766]

I also want those project for the learning AR

[@Eden965]

this hurts my head a lot

[@postaldude7879]

Awsome

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@survivorfan2260]

This is one of the coolest things ever

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

[@rushabhgothi8880]

It looks so much like traditional war maps for deciding strategies.

[@BealsScience]

That is exactly what it was developed for!

[@Artificial.-_-.intelligence]

nice video

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@Artificial.-_-.intelligence]

Beals Science :)

[@conchobar]

There's one setup at the Mystic Aquarium. Its very cool. Its common to see the parents pushing kids aside to play with it.

[@BealsScience]

Ha! I’ve seen adults do the same thing!

[@user-fr4ku7id4y]

Please let me know how can we get it...we are interested in your system...

[@CJBoxyeet]

I remember seeing this on a field trip i went on back in 6th grade

[@BealsScience]

They make a lasting impression don’t they!

[@paulmcneill3287]

How do you use the sandbox in your lesson plans? Does it become a distraction?

[@ixmaelgonzaleznavarro1790]

Hi! This is an incredible project! I cannot acces to the links on the description, do you have any other? Thank you so much!

[@BealsScience]

Which links are broken? I can fix them for you or you can go directly to my website and find all the info there: BealsScience.com

[@-Rook-]

I came in to watch this video with a bit of a hard nosed skeptical attitude and left without it. Well done.

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@abdussaboormuhammad906]

I've seen something like this in the Scott Family Amazeum in 2015 when it first opened

[@BealsScience]

what did you think of it? I found it to be so much cooler in real life than it looks in the video. You?

[@abdussaboormuhammad906]

Beals Science yeah it was pretty neat

[@BealsScience]

Abdussaboor Muhammad where/what is the Scott Family Amazeum?

[@abdussaboormuhammad906]

It's in Bentonville, AR. It's a sciencey museum targeted towards little kids.

[@arcana830]

Your amazing

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!!

[@ON-YT]

I subscribed right a way

[@BealsScience]

Thank you!

[@seanstrickland4970]

Idk why i need this but i do

[@BealsScience]

Agreed!

[@juliuscaesar8841]

İncredible..

[@BealsScience]

Thanks!

[@dineshdulhani2805]

I'm trying to build the sandbox but we are facing some issues with the calibration process . It would be great if you guys can help me sort out the issues

[@natwarsinghparihar7679]

Helllo. Extremely nice work. I want know how much sensitive it is ? Can it detect 1 mm elevation or depression ? Can we focus it on smaller areas like human cornea ?

[@BealsScience]

Thank you! There are limits to the abilities of the Kinect. I am unsure of the exact resolution but I am sure it is available somewhere on the Internet.

[@JBLGamingNL]

Is there a way to buy something like this somewhere? Or a museum where this can be found?

[@BealsScience]

There are a lot of museums that have this for people to use but I don’t have a list of which ones, sorry.

[@brenttewinchester]

WOW!! THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING! After you do u carving etc... Could you export the A/R model with contours to a 3D modeling program??

[@BealsScience]

Brentte Winchester that is an absolutely incredible idea! I don't have a clue how you could code it but the program is continually taking a snapshot of the topography and digitizing it so, theoretically you should be able to grab that data set and convert it to a format that a printer could use! Maybe we can find a mastermind to tackle this?!

[@brenttewinchester]

Beals Science I think so too!!! even trying to get export the info to an external 3d program like 3ds Max or cinema 4d!!!

[@BealsScience]

Well you are WAY beyond me! It sounds like you know way more about 3D printing and programs than I do! Is there a 3D scanner that can scan an object and and take a '3D' image of it for printing later? This could be useful on SO many fronts!

[@brenttewinchester]

Beals Science A 3d scanner might be the option... would do some research :) I want one of the these badly, I could do a lot of stuff!!

[@BealsScience]

Brentte Winchester you want a 3D scanner or an AR Sandbox? I did a quick search and there is free software called ReconstructMe that allows the Xbox Kinect to be a 3D scanner. Then it can be imported into a 3D printer! Mind blown! reconstructme.net/

[@SharonStoneSmith]

We find that the projector burns out quickly. Have you had that problem too. Ours is on 8 hours a day and often gets sand in it

[@BealsScience]

We were running into an issue with the BenQ projector overheating as well. I think this is due to a couple of things: Sand particles and dust collect quickly in the projector (we try to blow ours out often but only after it has cooled down) AND the fan on this type of projector points out the same direction as the lamp. And, because the lamp is pointed down, the heat doesn't dissipate quickly enough. To help with this, we bought a small fan that blows air down onto the projector to help clear the heat that builds up near the lamp (I would show you a picture but ours is currently set up at another school). This really seems to help with the heat issue and with helping push the sand dust away from the intake. It is a pretty cheap and quick fix and it may work for you as well! This is the fan we purchased (amzn.to/2j0GG6g)

[@Shumayal]

Can I use the Xbox One Kinect with this? I know you say the second generation will not work... I hope you can find a way for that. I think the second generation Kinect is superior in every way specwise.