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Vol. 4, Issue 8, March 2018

Disney's Magic Bench - An Augmented Reality Application

By: Ms. Sandhya Sharma

Disney Research has come up with a beautiful augmented reality application called 'Magic Bench' that makes it possible for anyone to interact with charming & vivified animated characters. As can be seen in the picture below, user just needs to sit on a bench and he might have an elephant or a rabbit next to him - teasing him, playing with him etc. This technology is infact one step ahead of augmented reality as user need not to wear any headgear or hold a handheld device in hand etc. Also, unlike conventional augmented reality application, in Magic Bench a group of people could participate in a single augmented reality experience...

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Launching Tech-Connect Talks

An attempt to provide a platform where best Technology Connect Articles are discussed among likeminded people.

  • Readers are invited to rate the articles of Technology Connect.
  • Article that will receive top rating in a quarter will be selected for the Tech-Connect Talk.
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*Tech-Connect Talks to be organized quarterly. First Talk will be held in April 2018*

Previous Issues

About Technology Connect
 Aim of this weekly newsletter is to share with students & faculty the latest developments, technologies, & updates in the field Electronics & Computer Science and there by promoting knowledge sharing. All our readers are welcome to contribute articles to Technology Connect. Just drop an email to the editor. The first Volume published during June-Dec 2015 featured 21 Issues. 2nd & 3rd Volume each featuring 46 Issues got published during Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 and Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 respectively. This is Volume 4.
Editorial Team
Editor: Mr. Sagar Juneja, Associate Professor, ECE, Chitkara University, H.P.
Consulting Editor: Dr. Rajnish Sharma, Dean (Research), CURIN, Chitkara University, India
Designer: Mr. Arun Goyal, Student, CSE, Chitkara University, H.P.