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HowTo: Make Augmented Reality Cookies

Designer Mike Clare (of my own alma mater, RISD) has extended the augmented reality mania (1, 2, 3) to baked goods. Thanks to the crowd and Josh Delcore at AR World for the find. Here's how it works, via Design Boom:

"The cookies are made with standard dough in two colours making it possible to create

a small grid for coding. The dough is rolled out and made into long square stripes that can be stacked into the desired configuration. Once all the dough is stacked it can be cut into slices and backed. The final cookies come out of the over ready to eat. However, once viewed through a digital camera they have a completely new life as AR markers. in this case, clare added a simple colourful asterisks on top, kind of like digital icing."

Slicing a decorative layered cake with a knife on a cutting board.

Perhaps a little silly, but fun. Demonstration below. Check out his site for full instructions.

Decorative square-shaped cookies with a chocolate design on a black plate.

Rolling out dough with a wooden rolling pin on a countertop.

Chocolate and vanilla fudge bar size comparison chart.

Illustration of layered cake varieties with different fillings.

A person assembling a chocolate treat with layers of chocolate and cookie dough.

Previously, Augmented Reality Tattoo: Holographic Skin Art.

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