Bitt Smart Book is the official app for the world’s first augmented reality memoir titled: Butterflies in the Trenches by award-winning author, Curtis Carmichael. The app allows the reader to interact with the book to give them a whole new AR reading experience.
Bitt Smart Book pushes on the idea of bringing the characters and moments in the book to life. And how to do that? Use augmented reality! The client requested an app that could scan the pages of the book to play videos in AR. While the idea is brilliant, the client already had an iOS app and wanted our team to create an Android app for the same purpose. However, recreating the same app Android posed its challenges.
The app must scan the images in the book and must do that quickly. We registered the early scan speed of 15 seconds but we needed to work on bringing this time down.
#According to the Google play store policies, we cannot upload an app above 200MB. But our app was between 550-600MB, hence, we had to work with Google Play Asset delivery to shrink the app size.
#Bitt Smart Book app’s purpose is to scan, run AR, and play video simultaneously. It required careful integration so that the app could function optimally and without any lag.
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Replicating an app that exists in iOS for Android is a challenging task. Since both the platforms present their banes and boons, app replication can pose a serious task. However, our team persevered and devised a solution for the app.
Our developers studied market status and audience response to understand and create a one-of-a-kind solution. Each feature adds to the quality of the app and creates a cohesive environment. This enables users to freely interact with Bitt Smart Book and exploit its capabilities.
The app can scan text images and dynamically map the corresponding video content onto the exact coordinates of the scanned image.
The overlaid video will adjust proportionally to the scanned image irrespective of movement or shake to maintain accurate alignment.
If the textbook image falls outside the camera’s focus, the video playback will pause automatically. Once the image falls back in focus, the video will resume.
Given the app is not closed, it will resume the last video played during the previous session. Any session will end once the user exits the app.
The team required an out-of-the-box thought methodology when working on Bitt Smart Book. We employed our world-class services to bring out the best in the app and create a market-leading product to serve the masses.
The team put up a massive effort to create innovative solutions for the app that would further be applied in future app development.
The developers sat down with the Bitt Smart Book team to understand the project objectives and vision.
As the work began, the developers built various aspects and features; all that within the deadline.
The QA team thoroughly tested every aspect our developers built to ensure it was market ready.
Our team employed state-of-art tools and technologies to create a sophisticated and user-friendly app. Leveraging the power of Kotlin, Android Studio, and more, we ensured a seamless user experience, robust functionality, and future-proof scalability. Every line of code and every integration reflects our commitment to excellence and innovation in app development.
Our Android team embarked on a mission to redefine the Android landscape. They relied on the latest tech to create a stable Android app.
The quality assurance team spent dedicated hours to test the app thoroughly and share its view with the developers for a perfect app.
Bitt Smart Book offers a completely new reading experience to its users with an immersive journey through the pages of “Butterflies in the Trenches.” With innovative features tailored to encourage engagement and immersion, Bitt Smart Book transforms the act of reading into a dynamic and interactive adventure. It defines a revolutionary way in which we engage with literature through an experience that transcends the boundaries of traditional storytelling.