Diagne says it takes about 2.5 seconds to copy an object and four seconds to paste it, but that could be easily sped up. In fact, he’s even put his code up on GitHub for anyone who feels like they want to improve it themselves.
5May/20Off
Copy and paste the real world with your phone using augmented reality
As this awesome demo from developer Cyril Diagne demonstrates, AR can be the perfect tool to quickly grab visuals from the real world and paste them into digital documents. Just point your phone at what you want to copy, and drag it over to your desktop. No fiddling around emailing images to yourself or cutting out objects in Photoshop. Forget it: your homework / mood board / dumb meme involving your pet’s stupid face is already done.
This is only a research prototype right now, but judging by replies to Diagne’s video, it looks like a few companies are already working on similar software.