23 August 2017
Review & Giveaway: Awesome Interactive Carlton Kids Books
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Labels: AR, AR Dinosaurs, AR for iPad, Augmented reality, blog comp, book competition, Carlton books, Carlton Kids Books, Carlton publishing, comp, Dinosaurs, giveaway, iExplore, Jurassic World, Predators book, The Brain
Labels: AR, AR Dinosaurs, AR for iPad, Augmented reality, blog comp, book competition, Carlton books, Carlton Kids Books, Carlton publishing, comp, Dinosaurs, giveaway, iExplore, Jurassic World, Predators book, The Brain
Carlton kids books are very much turning into some of our favourites in this house. They just have so much choice and something to suit everyone. We're definitely a book loving family and the more unusual the better! You can imagine my son's complete joy then when he received three different augmented reality books to review.
The three books received were; iExplore Predators, iExplore The Brain and Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex! All of these books include a special AR app which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. Before we go any further though I thought I best quickly explain what augmented reality is. It's basically the integration of digital information into the user's environment in real time. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial environment, augmented reality uses the existing environment and overlays new information on top of it. Hence why AR usually uses say an iPad camera to show what would look like an object in your room/world around you which wouldn't normally be there.
Each book has it's own intriguing topic so all very different and interesting. Logan wanted to start with the Jurassic World book and after downloading the app onto his iPad we got straight to it. As you can see from the photos there's plenty of reading on each page and some pages have a special AR Activation Page. This means you open the downloaded App, follow the instructions then scan the special Activation Page box and as if by magic a dinosaur will appear on screen and looks like it's in the room with you. My son was totally thrilled with this and spent a good hour flicking through the book and interacting with each AR opportunity. Once he had got to grips with that he then went back and started to read through the pages.
Logan did this with each book as the thought of being able to access AR was really entertaining for him and it put a different spin on what a normal book would usually be. Adding in AR definitely makes a book more exciting and brings it to life right in front of your very eyes. Both the Predators and The Brain books were equally as exciting and fascinating for Logan with the brain scanner allowing you to see what your brain would look like, and the Predators allowing a rattle snake to strike out at you.
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110 comments on "Review & Giveaway: Awesome Interactive Carlton Kids Books"
i think my eldest would love the brain book best :)
Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex.
The Jurassic World book
definitely the dinosaur one
My son would like Explore the brain
The Brain.
The Jurassic World book, son would love it
The Jurassic world book
iExplore The Brain and Jurassic World Special Edition will be my son choice
The Jurassic world book
I think predator
I think iExplore The Brain would be my daughter's favourite
explore the brain
The brain is ideal for them
The Jurassic world one looks amazing
Kay Sherman
Predator
These look amazing!
I have 2 boys and I think one would like the Jurassic World one best, and the other The Brain! xx
The Predators, my son would love it
the Jurassic World book looks awesome
Margaret Clarkson
Predators, it looks really great
Jurassic World
the jurassic world book x
Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex! is my childrens kind of book
my nephew would love the jurrasic world book x
The Brain, educational and fascinating.
Rachel Craig
The Jurassic world, my son loves dinosaurs
Predator I think x
The Jurassic World book
iExplore Predators, definitely
My daughter would love the brain book.
Jurrasic world one x
My son would love the dinosaur book!
Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex!
The Predators xx
I think he would like The Brain as he is fascinated by everything we as humans can do
I think my daughter would be most interested in the iExplore The Brain one
The Jurassic world book
Explore the brain
My niece would love the Jurassic World book!
Jurassic World
Alexander would love Predator!
iExplore Predators in augmented reality should be amazing. x
I think it would be the jurassic world book out of them all.
Jurassic world will be the favourite!
I think my boys would like the dinosaur book most
The Jurassic World book would be perfect for my son.
my son would love predator
the predator one would be fab
Predator probably
The dinasaur book would be well loved.
jurassic world looks so good!
jurassic world
Jurassic World with the dinosaurs
My daughter would love the Predators for sure, but I think my twin boys would just love the Jurassic World book
The brain sounds interesting (@PeanutHog)
I think the Predators book would be the favourite
The eldest wants to be a brain surgeon when she grows up so would love The Brain book.
My daughter would absolutely adore the Brain book
Jurassic World - my son is mad about dinosaurs
Definitely the Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex!
My son would love the predetor
The Brain book.
The Jurrasic world
has to be the Jurassic World
My daughter would love predators
I think it would be the jurassic world book out of them all.
My son would like Predator best
My son would love the iExplore Predators book.
I think my grandson would like the iExplore Predators best
the Jurassic World book looks awesome for my nephews
Jurassic World book
The brain book looks super cool x
Jurassic World book - he loves dinosaurs!
Explore The Brain
The Jurassic World book!
Predators
Jurassic World Book
my eldest would love them
My niece loves her dinosaurs so it would have to be Jurassic World
My little boy would love the Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex book. He and his Daddy are both obsessed with dinosaurs
The Jurassic World book
My kids would love any of them but I think Jurassic World Special Edition: From DNA to Indominus Rex would go down best :-)
iExplore The Brain.......fascinating!
My daughter would like dinosaurs the best.
The brain
jurrassic world
Must be "the brain"
From DNA to Indominus Rex :)
Jurassic World
explore the brain
My son would love the Brain book (Alex telford)
The dinosaur book
My daughter would love Jurassic World, shes dinosaur mad!
The Jurassic World, grandson would love this I'm sure
My youngest would like Explore The Brain
I think my little boy would like the Jurassic World book the most
great books to get my childs interest and imagination.
Jurassic World
my son would love Jurassic World
Jurassic world
The Jurassic world book :)
I think my daughter would love the iExplore the Brain book. She is fascinated by science so this would be perfect for her.
Jurassic World book
My youngest would like the dinosaur book the most
Jurassic World
Jurassic World x x
My little one would love the Jurrassic World one! :)
explore the brain
The Jurrasic world
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