Magic Cubes developed at the National University of Singapore and Osaka University, uses video tracking to tell stories that seem to appear from the magic cube. Each side of the magic cube is a different component of the story, represented by the illustration on that side. As you flip sides, you get a different part of the story that is played out as an animation on the computer screen.

Julian at Interactive Media Division shot an amazing video. Here’s another video from the Mixed Reality Lab website.
Details in the PDF presenting the research.