Lifeprint’s augmented reality photos get the most obvious Harry Potter partnership ever
When Lifeprint first launched its augmented reality printer back in 2016, it seems like almost the entire internet made the same connection: that looks a whole lot like the moving pictures in the Harry Potter books and movies.
As it happens, Lifeprint and Warner Bros. both agreed, which explains the company’s latest product: The Harry Potter Magic Photo and Video Printer, which bundles the company’s very Harry Potter-like AR pictures into a properly Harry Potter-branded package.
Like the original Lifeprint, the Harry Potter version will let users film videos using the app, and send a frame from that video to the printer for a fun, instant print. But the magic happens in the “Hyperphoto” AR mode, which scans the scene...