The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene's perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein's painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically.
Less

"A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of this critically acclaimed artist and pop culture figure, Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara is an intimate, day-to-day portrait of the man whose vibrant and evocative paintings of knowing children—sometimes sardonic and alienated, sometimes wistfully dreaming—have come to personify a generation of youth culture."
Less