(ar)t
Conceptual mobile application that combines augmented reality with art.
About
Developed from a speculative concept of utilizing augmented reality to portray public art installations. The application was developed within Xcode in objective C.
Roles
Alan Xu Developer
Max Tan UX Designer
Chi Tran Creative Director
Madeleine Pelson UI Designer
Jannie Phan Visual Designer
Timeline
Winter 2019
GitHub
https://github.com/AGX679/Projects/tree/master/planeDetector
Context
Ideation
(ar)t is an augmented reality app that presents visually engaging art and socially stimulating installations through augmented reality in public spaces. Our team's direction came from viewing this experience as a mobile contemporary art gallery. My primary part in the development of this application was through iOS's Scenekit and ARkit. While the application operates on the majority of iOS devices, (ar)t was specifically designed for usage with a tablet. The artwork provided for the app itself was done by Madeleine Pelson and Jannie Phan. Inspirations for the design process came from existing augmented reality exhibitions, such as Felice Groden's "Invasive Species." The majority of developmental research went into fiducial markers and AR/environment interaction.
Development
Goals
Our team's focus revolved around creating an app that could capture the creative meaning behind public art installations, and combine it with the advantages of a digital medium. Some of the key functions include:
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Being able to load and project two-dimensional images onto a surface in AR.
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Being able to display a 3D object(s) within an AR environment.
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Animating objects inside an AR environment.