augmented reality – F15 54-498/54-798/60-446/60-746: Expanded Theater https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015 Carnegie Mellon University, IDEATE Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:25:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 AR for a critical “how to manual” https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015/ar-for-a-critical-how-to-manual/ https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015/ar-for-a-critical-how-to-manual/#respond Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:46:46 +0000 http://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/mediadesign/f15/54-498/?p=11016 If one major use of AR so far has been in creating how-to’s, particularly highly technical (or military) how to’s…

YouTube / Bloomberg Business – via Iframely

(This is less advanced, but you can see more of the interface:)

YouTube / Steven Henderson – via Iframely

…then, why not play the idea of an AR how-to that asks us to think about our world differently. Our set-up involves virtual touch. What does it mean to virtually touch something?

I am considering themes:

how to perform…

safety

resistance

respectability

tolerance

freedom (of speech)

In just the last week we’ve seen these performed with

football helmets, cameras, posters and sharpies, hand-holding, black clothing, poetry (Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,”), not to mention horrible violence.

Thinking about how-to’s:

The Freedom Fighter's Manual (CIA pamphlet dropped over Nicaragua in 1983)

Make your own Newspaper Headlines

uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com – via Iframely

capricorn.org – via Iframely

antenaantena.org – via Iframely

Then there are survival guides:

Pocket Survival Guide

Also thinking about James Pierce’s work on designing resistant interactions (having just seen his thesis presentation last week). And the instruction manual that accompanied the Obscura 1C Digital Camera:

jamesjpierce.com – via Iframely

 

 

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Vimeo / Alexander Reederなこそま – via Iframely

N Building is a commercial building near Tachikawa station. The facade is a static QR code. When viewed through an iPhone app, characters appear, store information and live Tweets from people inside the building. From the designers: “Our proposed vision of the future is one where the facade of the building disappears, showing those inside who want to be seen.”

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Vimeo / The Heavy Projects – via Iframely

A mobile augmented reality app that projects curated works of art over advertisements in the New York subway system. The app reclaims ad space as art space.

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