[-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

[Julian Oliver]

..on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 07:41:00AM -0400, John Craig Freeman wrote:
> On Apr 21, 2011, at Thu, Apr 21, 10:00 PM, <empyre-request at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au> <empyre-request at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > It would certainly be good to gather together and dedicate some time writing a
> > free and open source alternative to LayAR but with working ground plane
> > detection and a better renderer (a la PTAM). Perhaps this is something that
> > could be kickstarted. By the end of the year I will be able to contribute quite
> > some code to such a project as a result of a collaboration with V2_ and
> > Lighthouse, Brighton.
> > 
> > Regarding other proprietary AR suites, Damian Stewart and I have an alternative
> > to Junaio's proprietary image tracking solution. 
> 
> 
> Thanks for this reply Julian, Great links. How can I stay informed about these efforts?

Indeed we should have a mailing list grouping together efforts around free and
open AR platform development. As far as a performant and cross-platform LayAR
substitute, I think there's surely a Kickstart.org project in there in itself..

In any case, I'll email you when we've pushed the next big chunk of code and
have binaries for user-testing. It will be a while away yet in any case.

Somewhat relatedly, in a couple of weeks we're putting together a city-wide
Improved Reality street exhibition in Helsinki based on the outcome of a
workshop engaging local artists. 

Artists select billboards and make 'artverts' (static images or movies) that
critically remix and/or comment on the advert in question. We then tour public
through a city-wide walk using our Billboard Interception Units (custom digital
binoculars), where their art is seen in place of ads.

	http://m-cult.org/projects/artvertiser-workshop

I'll be sure to let you know the results!

Kind regards,

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