Video: augmented reality business card sells itself

Does your feeble mind recall those wicked awesome 3D Topps cards from earlier this year? How could you forget, right? It seems as if that very same technology has been shifted over to the wine and cheese crowd, and thanks to one James Alliban, now those all-too-boring business cards can also be equipped with augmented reality. Put simply, these cards have been imprinted with a 3D grid of colored planes on one side, and when placed in front of a PC webcam, a pixelated pop-up arrives to really make that first impression one that sticks. Hop on past the break to see exactly what we mean.

[Via GadgetVenue]

AR Business Card from James Alliban on Vimeo.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2009 7:47AM]

i dont know if your talking about my video, but i can guarantee you that there was no photoshop, after effects or similar CGI involved. just flartoolkit and papervision 3d.

also i dont see the point in faking a video for my website since i dont earn any money with it ... its just the portfolio website of a design student.

hope your not disappointed now... maybe i should have faked it for more attention :D

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2009 10:22AM]

Outrageously cool concept. Traditional business cards bore the living daylights out of me, I'm all for reconceiving them.

[Yair Mohr Posted Jul 20th 2009 4:01AM]

Come on guys - am I the only one who thinks that is merely a crappy video-editing stunt?!