The Hi-Low Tech group at the MIT Media Lab has created something profoundly intriguing – a series of pop-up books with an added layer of interactivity.
While the books, in themselves, are certainly something to behold, they hint at a much deeper set of implications, namely: the use of paper-thin electronics that can convey a narrative that responds to either direct or indirect user input. These popables, as they’re named, in combination with technology that reads data from the user’s environment or portable devices, might in the near-term help realize dynamic, customized storytelling – or even something akin to immersive three-dimensional textbooks when integrated with augmented reality technologies.
Until that point, of course, you might simply enjoy them for what they are.
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