Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data - Wikipedia "Pokémon go anyone?"
A Simple AR tool anyone can use:
QR codes:
QR code shopping (just Google QR code shopping and look at images to get some ideas)
http://blog.vinova.sg/2011/10/11/virtual-grocery-shopping-for-train-commuters-using-qr-codes/
Creative uses for QR codes
http://www.waspbarcode.com/buzz/creative-unique-uses-qr-codes/
QR codes in the classroom
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/12/25-ways-to-use-qr-codes-for-teaching-learning/
Another QR codes in the classroom site - http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html
GREAT project - interactive talking resume https://vimeo.com/21228618
Voice to QR code - test this in class http://vocaroo.com/
Text to voice QR code http://qrvoice.net/
Create QR Code for Audio File in Google Drive - (video tutorial) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3amoYNpMjg
Another video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69UJzAqN9n8&t=0s
A very handy QR code generator http://www.qrstuff.com/
Tools for building screen based augmented reality experiences on your phone:
Blippar – I like this because they have great online tutorials tailored to educators. They are publishing new video tutorials all the time – do a search.
Intro video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9PSAOE51Os
Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2td0r8ULaA
Interesting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27PwHdZt660
Authentic feeling Blippar demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAkL4MsEwUA
Layar (mixed reviews)
Interactive print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi80g9WJvmw
Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWJxumDEa5c
Vear Augmented reality (their website is a-bit vague)
Onvert - looks promising, but I could not get it to work.
A list of Interactive Video-Making Tools:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/resources/interactive-video-making-tools.php
(note Mozilla Popcorn is no longer active)
Free interactive video softwaree
Adventer
http://www.adventr.tv/#features
A platform for creating and sharing interactive web-native video experiences (I have not tested this) – sounds like twine except it uses video
The term Virtual Reality (VR) has with many different meanings. For some, VR is a specific collection of sense mediating technologies. Then again - some stretch the term to include books, movies, pure fantasy, and even states of mind:
A philosophical take on VR
https://aeon.co/videos/new-realities-are-imminent-how-vr-reframes-big-questions-in-philosophy
VR - Do we need a code of ethics?
Here’s the traditional Tech perspective on VR:
Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), also known as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, is a computer technology that replicates an environment, real or imagined, and simulates a user's physical presence and environment to allow for user interaction. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experience, which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell. - Wikipedia
Virtual Reality with Google Cardboard: We have 16 of these!!!!!
*** 16 of the coolest apps for Cardboard, Google's DIY virtual reality headset (article)
Curate a Google Expedition http://jcasatodd.com/?tag=google-cardboard
Creat you own Expedition http://cameravr.co.uk/google-cardboard-camera-examples/
Great video on some of Google’s plans for VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgT0gtjpqM
Current VR companies:
Oculist Rift – Wired review
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/oculus-rift-review-virtual-reality/
Microsoft’s Hololens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0BDw4VHNo
Magic Leap – They call their tech “MR – mixed reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLkFWq_ipCc
360 Video:
360 video playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU8wpH_LfhmubQ4jYhoeQpPL_a4OgsQUX
360 interactive Photograph Steve’s weird house
http://www.bohonus.com/vr/vrs1948
360° AND VR VIDEO: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW POSSIBILITIES
http://create.adobe.com/2016/4/13/_360_and_vr_video_new_technologies_new_possibilities.html
Strereopsis for cardboard
http://billdomonkos.tumblr.com/stereopsis
Other phone or tablet application platforms and sites:
Develop an Ap - there are plenty of tool out there that you can use to create an impressive demo for free
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223177
A webzine http://territorymagazine.com/
One especially well designed for phones http://themapisnot.com/
The Internet of things
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things
The Internet of Things: The Future of the Artist
http://www.create-hub.com/comment/the-internet-of-things-the-future-of-the-artist/
FYI - This IOT stuff is at Bestbuy
Wearable Computing
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/wearable-computing-10-things-you-should-know/
Telegami
https://tellagami.com/examples/
If working with software (or hardware) really isn’t your thing that’s fine, consider researching one of these topics:
The Immersive Experience in art
Connecting locative media with contemporary art
Could it be that we're already Post Internet?
What's Post-internet got to do with Net Art?
There are a wide range of works created by artists using web browsers, developer codes, scripts, search engines, and various other online tools. Notable artists and collectives include:
Natalie Bookchin - http://bookchin.net/
Jodi - http://wwwwwwwww.jodi.org/
Eva and Franco Mattes - http://0100101110101101.org/
Evan Roth - http://www.evan-roth.com/about/
Olia Lialina - http://art.teleportacia.org/
Alexi Shulgin - http://www.easylife.org/
UBERMORGEN.COM. http://ubermorgen.com./UM/index.html
(video-channel) https://vimeo.com/ubermorgen
As a means of political and imaginative expression students may decide to re-edit and re-interpret commercial video “harvested” from the internet - or perhaps create an 'Online Performance' combining various forms of digital media into artistic action. (Choosing this type of project for Project 4 is limited to 7 students)