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Anime-style magic circles summon vocabulary for you in this language-learning app from Japan【Vid】
投稿日 2018年12月13日 10:00:07 (ニュース)
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Free app Spell Master turns you into a linguistic sorcerer.
Something that makes learning a foreign language tricky, especially in the beginning, is that vocabulary is completely arbitrary at its core level. Sure, breaking down complex words like “semipermeable” into their components makes them easier to remember, but there’s no absolute logic behind why we call, say, an apple an apple.
When it comes to memorizing base vocabulary, you may as well be memorizing a made-up fantasy language. And if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be easier, or at least more entertaining and engaging, to remember words that let you cast awesome magical summoning spells, like in this video here?
英語って呪文みたいで意味不明じゃない?!
呪文(英単語)を書くと3Dモデルを召喚できる魔法陣つくってみた
手書き文字認識、3D検索のAPI、そしてARと実は技術いっぱい
#AR #DIY #Unity #unityar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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KATAKOTO(カタコト) (@katakoto_std) October 05, 2018
That’s Japanese tech company Katakoto showing off their Spell Master language learning system, which lets you call forth visual manifestations of English vocabulary words by writing them within a magic circle, similar to the ones seen in numerous anime and video games (and at least one energy drink can).
▼ A Spell Master mage summoning the Earth itself.
魔法陣に英単語を書くとその言葉が召喚されるの面白い!子供の学習用に作られたらしいんだけど、多言語対応も準備中とのこと!これなら楽しく勉強できそう〜 ロシア語ほしいな🙏🏻#xRTech https://t.co/p1dIRZXFo1
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こはる/宇宙少女 (@ko8ruuuuun) December 09, 2018
No wand or staff is required to wield this arcane power, but you will need a smartphone and the Spell Master AR app, as demonstrated in the system’s introductory video here.
▼ Opening the app, then scanning the card with your phone’s camera, starts the magic.
While the system appears to only work with official Spell Master cards, the user can customize their vocabulary study list by writing the words they wish to summon directly onto the paper. Katakoto hasn’t said how many words the system currently recognizes, but demonstration videos show the grimoire contains not only basic nouns like apple, pencil, camera, and computer, but also adjectives like happy, which conjures a smiling emoji creature.
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#xRTech 展示終了しました!
予想をはるかに超える反響をいただき、
今も全然追えていないところです…
なっつーさん(@yashinut)を始め、たくさんの方に体験、
拡散をしていただいて感謝しきれません..!
ありがとう… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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KATAKOTO(カタコト) (@katakoto_std) December 09, 2018
Since the summoning sequences sport animated elements, Magic Spell could also conceivably be used to demonstrate actions, helping learners remember verbs as well.
Of course, if you’re reading this article, odds are you’ve already got a pretty solid foundation of English skills. The beauty of Magic Spell, though, is that the system could easily be adapted to work with other languages. A simple expansion of the system’s database to recognize kanji, hiragana, and katakana script could help foreigners wanting to learn Japanese, producing the same results with no need to change the summoning visuals.
Spell Master isn’t quite ready for its public debut just yet, but when it is, Katakoto is promising that it’ll be available as a free download for iOS and Android devices. As for the magic circle cards, their printing template can be downloaded from the company’s website here for free.
Of course, as with any app, there’s always the issue of it draining your battery through extended use, so luckily there’s a magic circle method for dealing with that problem too.
Source: Katakoto via IT Media
Featured image: Twitter/@katakoto_std
Top image: Katakoto
Insert images: Katakoto (1, 2)
Source: SORA NEWS24
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