Get Inspired: Augmented Reality
Looking Glass
By using AR, Looking Glass users are able to see “an alternate city” where Pittsburgh’s Black residents were able to thrive and feel welcome for generations in the mid-20th century.
ROCK Jobsite App
REEKON tools invites us into their development lab to preview the ROCK jobsite app running on Apple Vision Pro. The app enables the wearer to link measurements to a floating info panel that can be pinned anywhere within the jobsite.
PlannAR Community Design Tool
As a thesis project, Product Designer Jessy Escobedo developed PlannAR, a mobile platform for participatory urban planning. PlannAR offers communities the chance to interface directly with urban planners, city officials, developers and other stakeholders in a much more open and entertaining feedback process.
Audi AR Heads Up Display
Audi, famous for its stylish, tech-forward German vehicles for decades, continues to push the boundaries of in-car technologies with its new Q4 e-tron. “e-tron” is Audi-speak for “electric” making the small cross-over a future-facing EV option.
Charlotte Museums
Charlotte, North Carolina’s metropolitan museums have used augmented reality to enhance visitor engagement and education by layering docent-led video tours of specific works onto the in-person experience.
Vuforia Chalk by PTC
This WCVB news broadcast highlights a hometown Boston company, PTC, and how they are able to provide customers with a platform for remote support and expert mentorship through their Vuforia Chalk software.
BBC
The BBC, venerable news organization and purveyor of countless visionary documentaries and educational films via traditional formats, is exploring the potential for creating meaningful media in augmented reality.
How Do These Technologies IMPACT Society?
The Teaching and Learning with Technology IMPACT Deck is an exploratory, card-based game that aims to introduce students, faculty and staff of all ages and backgrounds to a wide variety of situations in which established and emerging technologies impact society.