Sunday, 19 April 2026

AR -- Pictarize

PICTARIZE was really simple for making AR.  This program uses an image as a "TARGET" -- and then projects an AUGMENTED REALITY image on top of that.

Thus I used my bird-airplane print at QUELAB as a "target" --  and projected an AUGMENTED REALITY airplane on top of that.  After going to this LINK (and maybe hit "publish" and "build) one only has to hoover his smart phone over the print (like scanning a QR Code) to get the 3D airplane to show up over the print exactly:

AUGMENTED REALITY 3D airplane 
summoned and hoovering over the 2D print

I used this image from my PRINT below as a "target" -- and uploaded this GLB file as the AR "content." 

PhotoMosh LINOCUTS
The bird-airplane print image
as the "TARGET" image

Then after clicking "publish" (and "build" the first time), I can "preview" the Augmented Reality in my smart phone or tablet:

Screen after clicking "Publish" 
in the upper right hand corner


Link to preview test the Augmented Reality experience


NOTE: One can add MULTIPLE TARGETS with multiple corresponding AR images -- but they have to hit the "wrench icon" and choose "Multiple" in the Project Settings (before saving, publishing and building):

"wrench icon">Multiple
for sensing different targets and different AR experiences



PICTARIZE is free to try out, but costs $25 a month to "release" (which I imagine means "host").

Now I have to figure out how to get that code and host the AR on a website of my choosing.

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I found PICTARIZE on the MindAR.org website.

CORINA ESPINOSA was using MindAR to make several AR experiences from several "target" images -- after going to only one website -- at the 2025 CURRENTS NEW MEDIA exhibition in Santa Fe:

Scanning several "target" images for several AR experiences -- 
Corina Espinosa's exhibit at CURRENTS in 2025

Apparently she used both A-Frame and MindAR to create this AR exhibition.  I tried to do the same but failed last year.



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