How to Get Started with 3D Live Maker on Your Huawei Mate 20 Pro

As a budding scientist, you need the 3D Live Maker app to get started. This app is available from Google Play or Koala's own map store, but it's essential to note that it only works with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro at the moment, and not on any other smartphone. To begin, open the app and tap the plus sign to access the front camera app. Although the rear camera doesn't have a 3D scanning system, using the front camera makes the process slightly more awkward.

The app comes pre-installed with several models that Huawei has already added for you, including creations that are ideal for the app. Additionally, there's a help system that provides guidance if you get stuck. Before worrying about these details, give scanning a try yourself and hit the plus button to start your own scan. On the screen, you'll see a toy on top of a blue layer, indicating that the app has found what you want to scan in.

The screen will display "Object detected" with instructions to touch the Scan button to start. The Scan button is located at the bottom of the screen and flashes occasionally if it loses the target or when you get too close. To ensure better detection, keep a safe distance from the surface and avoid using white backgrounds. Once ready, tap the Scan button, and a line will appear on top of the screen, indicating that the process is underway.

As you shift the toy around in front of the camera, while maintaining a consistent distance, the line will start to fill up. The toy becomes recognizable on the screen as the blue areas disappear. When the bar at the top is filled, the scan is complete. However, it's essential to physically stop the scan yourself by pressing the button and hearing that it's "building the model." This process takes a few seconds, and you can see a progress indicator on the screen.

After completing the scan, you can use your created model in augmented reality (AR) mode or experiment with other features. For AR, tap the little bear or your model, select the AR mode from the bottom options, and adjust its orientation to face forward. Tap "Next," and your little bear will come to life on screen, walking around in virtual reality.

However, there are some limitations and issues with the current technology. The animation can be a bit wonky at times, especially when it comes to Baidu bear's legs or face distortion when he's wandering around. Nevertheless, 3D Live Maker offers plenty of creative opportunities for early adopters of augmented reality on their smartphones.

Once your model is created, you can move him around on the screen using the joystick located at the bottom. There are also several buttons underneath that allow you to give him different actions, such as jumping or performing kung fu moves. You can even capture video of these moments and share them online with the video camera button at the bottom.

One of the most exciting aspects of 3D Live Maker is its versatility. You can scan your model on any flat surface, from a stool to the floor or even larger tables. The model's size can be adjusted using the joystick, allowing you to get up close and personal with the action. This opens up a world of creative possibilities for early adopters of augmented reality technology.

While it's still early days for 3D Live Maker, there's no doubt that this technology has the potential to be quite fun. As scientists continue to explore its capabilities, we can expect even more innovative applications and improvements in the future. For now, take advantage of this exciting technology and see what kind of creative adventures you can have with your Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Baidu bear.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's alive its alive so how do we get started as budding scientists you need this the 3d live maker app it's available from Google Play or from koalas own map store but bear in mind again you only get to use this with the huawei mate 20 pro at the moment it's not gonna work on any other smartphone so you open the app and you tap the plus sign there that opens the front camera app now this does not use the rear camera just to make the whole process that little bit more awkward you use the front camera because it's got the 3d scanning system the rear camera doesn't have that that's why you have to use the front cap so here we go this is how you scan in your creature it's worth pointing out just a few of the details inside the app these are pre-installed models that Huawei has already added for you using creations which are obviously ideal for the app there's the ones that we've scanned in and if you go up here there's a rather handy help system that does show me what to do if you get stuck but before you worry about any of those things give scanning a try yourself and you just hit the plus button to get started with your own scan so here's what you should see on the screen the toy is on top of a blue layer and that blue layer indicates that the app has found what you want to scan in so it says on the screen object detected touch the Scan button to start and the Scan button is just here on the screen now it's gonna flash occasionally if it loses the target and also when you get too close you can see it goes all red so you want to make sure that you're back far enough preferably actually in reality that the surface is not white as we've got here then it does detect it better and once you're ready to go you tap the Scan button and you'll see a line appear you'll see a line appear on top of the screen and that's your indicator bar you need to shift the toy around in front of the camera all the while making sure that it's all still about the same distance away you can see the bar slowly start to fill up the more you shift the toy around and also what you'll see is that the toy becomes recognizable on screen and all the blue areas disappear that means it's being scanned in and as you go so you just keep turning it around until all the blue areas have disappeared and the bar at the top is filled once the bar top is filled then the process is complete now it does tend to vibrate at that point but it doesn't give you any other indication you have to physically stop the scan yourself and you do that by pressing there and it will then say that it's building the model this takes a few seconds you can see a progress indicator on the screen and then renders it inside the phone and the whole process takes just a minute or so that's after the couple of minutes that it takes to scan in your toy and once it gets to a hundred percent and you're ready to experiment a little bit further so here we go we've actually had a few more tries at scanning and scanned in a slightly less terrifying version of the Baidu pen and we'll use him to show you how it works for the augmented so you tap your model you want to use and along the bottom you're a selection of options and we're going to select the AR mode now it says here you have to adjust the little bear or your model whatever it may be so that it's upright and facing forward so we think that's fairly accurate there you tap next and all of a sudden you've got your little bear on screen walking around in virtual reality and augmented reality now the problems occur when he walks towards you because his face goes like that and that's not quite as cute as we wanted but as long as he's walking away from you then really he's quite cute so that's yeah that's just not good terrifying is actually the word so what we want to do here is we want to use the augmented reality system so you tap pay R and you let the camera scan everything that's in front of you you have a little progress bar in the middle of the screen it sees your surroundings and all of a sudden your little bear is in an augmented reality world and let's say a closer look what he can do once he's there so you don't have to use the augmented reality effects on a tabletop or the floor or anything like that you can just use it in the app and see what it can do there's a variety of different modes here all of which make your character animates in different ways so depending on how successful your scan has been is going to dictate the quality of what goes on in this particular section the jump is probably the best one although it does look like he's jumping when inside a sack and the ballet one well it depends on your definition of ballet ability as to by dough bears scanned ability a ballet dancer here kung fu' is similarly concerning because the poor bears entire features all distort in a very worrying manner however if you've got like we said at the start though right I tend to scan in these things can change it also doesn't really help that how I makes your animated toy breathe and that breathing gives well just that a little bit of distortion we get why it's done but it's not actually that nice and effect the fun part of it is you can play around with this and those younger ones are not going to be quite so critical as us when they see their favorite toy come alive on screen so here is a bear sitting on a stool ready to interact with us you can move him around on the screen and plus at a place in where you like there's also a series of buttons underneath they give him a few actions you can still use the little joystick just down here to move him around yourself you can also make him just wander around on his own on the surface you can make him jump if you want to you know jump around stop him doing that you can even have him make little kung fu style moves as he almost falls off and comes back the other way and you can stop him doing that you can also take video to capture these moments and share them online with the video camera button at the bottom here you can scan him on on any flat surface we've used the stool because it's convenient for shooting video you can do it on the floor you can do it on larger tables you can project him pretty much wherever you like and because you can move him around making larger or smaller and even getting really close and see what he's up to there's a whole lot of different creative opportunities we can imagine being quite fun at the moment it's still early days for the tech there's no doubt about that and it's not perfect in terms of the animation because you can see it's not quite sure about the legs because of the shape of Baidu bear in the first place and the face itself does get a little bit too distorted for our liking when he is wandering around but it's still pretty fun stuff for early days of augmented reality on your smartphone so this is 3d live maker on the huawei mate 20 pro with Baidu bear who has been made to come alive with augmented reality\n"