Sep 14 2010I'm Just So Proud: Geekologie Reader Bakes Augmented Reality Cake
Geekologie Reader Justin Blinder (Aaaaah -- my eyes!) went and baked an augmented reality cake after realizing that, if he didn't augment reality, somebody was gonna have a pretty sad party.
Recently being faced with the task of making (or buying) a decorative cake, I decided to see if Augmented Reality could come to my rescue. I FAIL horribly at baking, and hoped this time a dash of c++ and a AR marker or two could detract attention from my poor baking/frosting skills. Being quite crunched for time, I opted for a conservative and traditional design, which included a rainbow/dolphin inhabited scene with a unicorn ridden by sad Keanu.
The main lesson learned is that Augmented Reality will only compensate for poor cake making skills in the right company. This cake was programmed using openFrameworks and ofxARToolkitPlus... and tasted mediocre.
Good lookin', Justin -- I see what you were going for and it's working -- I feel like I'm in the Matrix. Kidding, there's no denying this is a bathroom stall and the guy next to me has diarrhea. Plus cool shoes. I think I'm gonna tap and ask where he got 'em!
Hit the jump for a brief video running through the whole process.
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Reader Comments
1. naas - September 14, 2010 10:32 AM
UNICORN RIDES FTW
2. ☺Asperflux☺ - September 14, 2010 10:36 AM
Long last the robots!
It's a double rainbow, what does it mean?
3. Boost - September 14, 2010 10:36 AM
Cool video, but that music was terrible.
Just terrible.
4. Cash Moneyman the Third - September 14, 2010 10:36 AM
Meh
5. barf - September 14, 2010 10:40 AM
First, FUKEN, REFUKEN, In soviet russia cake bakes you, other lame comments.
6. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ oh noez!!! - September 14, 2010 10:41 AM
First!!!
and im Gayer than 8 dudes blowing 9 dudes
7. naas - September 14, 2010 10:42 AM
@6 yes you are.... no argument there
8. naas - September 14, 2010 10:44 AM
Yes i am... soooooo gay. gayer than the GW writer. and he sucks ass.
9. Drohski - September 14, 2010 10:47 AM
Do the Mahh fuia daao mee yaiidwwa kunah machee mhmba!
10. Daisy - September 14, 2010 10:48 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max taught some chinese kid how to be a man by taking him to the barbers.
11. naas - September 14, 2010 10:50 AM
@8 you should be in school, learning instead of acting so stupid on some internet blog. Normally I'd think sad, but in your case nobody seems to care
12. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 14, 2010 10:50 AM
@8 fake naas, GW = Geekologie Writer, so...
"GW writer" = you are two steps to the left of being retarded
..... just sayin
13. naas - September 14, 2010 10:50 AM
♥ Daisy
14. naas - September 14, 2010 10:54 AM
CLOSET!! We're waiting for you before hitting the bar today in the last post, get over there son!
15. Richard McBeef (McQueaf) - September 14, 2010 11:02 AM
looks like another day of trolls posting with the gay stuff again.
*sigh*
16. naas - September 14, 2010 11:04 AM
@15 "McQueaf" heh
No shit though.. .the SAME gay stuff again *sigh*
17. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 14, 2010 11:07 AM
@15 And it's the gay stuff that always brings McBeef out, amirite? High five!
18. naas - September 14, 2010 11:09 AM
@17 Hi-Yooooo!!!
19. 50'sGuy - September 14, 2010 11:14 AM
It's a damn shame, the things that make it onto this site sometimes...
20. JonStoort - September 14, 2010 11:16 AM
Poor Keanu, even a unicorn ride beneath two rainbows while watching frolicking dolphins can't brighten his day.
Must be that fugly ass cake! It looks like James Carville hurled all over Michelle Obama after a tuna salad and coleslaw eating contest. DAMN!
21. naas - September 14, 2010 11:17 AM
@19 unicorns + cake = geekologie worthy. Bacon & boobs are a huge bonus too.... Get with the times 50'sGuy
22. Richard McBeef (McQueaf) - September 14, 2010 11:18 AM
@17 - no it's the trolls that try to fight off their own latent urges by calling everyone in a mile radius gay that brings me out.
dudes that are confident in their own sexuality 1) don't care if you call them gay, and 2) don't have gay on the brain so much that all they talk about is how gay others are.
As a successful graduate of high school let me give you some perspective... The dudes that called everyone gay - they all got married, have kids, and suck off random guys in airport bathrooms. just something to think about.
23. Richard McBeef (McQueaf) - September 14, 2010 11:21 AM
@19 STFU! The only damn shame is that your father didn't wear a condom the time he infected your mother with your worthless ass.
24. mouse - September 14, 2010 11:23 AM
@22 That shit's gayer than the unicorn cake at top.
25. LOL - September 14, 2010 11:29 AM
Nice try
26. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - September 14, 2010 11:32 AM
I have to agree with @24, McBeef. Your post was smothered in Weak Sauce.
27. Tom - September 14, 2010 11:56 AM
AHHHH!
Enough fiduciary markers already. This is the 21st century!
28. Closet Nerd (◕_◕)┌∩┐my fingers smell like your mom... just sayin - September 14, 2010 1:30 PM
@22 kind of like "Champ" in "Anchorman".... just sayin
29. duonger - September 14, 2010 2:04 PM
oy. That Vietnamese music was horrible.
30. shell - September 14, 2010 3:44 PM
On the first pic, do you guys see the bombs waiting to be wired to a bank vault in the right hand corner?
31. pinguino - September 14, 2010 6:25 PM
Rad! the memes are totally win.
I made augmented reality cookies, and making something the webcam can read is harder than it looks!
http://www.ivomitrainbows.com/archives/155
32. Matt - September 14, 2010 8:29 PM
Omfg that music is so loud it just broke my headphones. And ears.
33. littlemissjoker - September 15, 2010 9:03 AM
@ 31 You shouldn't have bothered