augmented reality: a primer for libraries

Augmented Realitya primer for libraries

Sarah Houghton-JanDigital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library

Author, LibrarianInBlack.net

GPS / cell ID

camera

accelerometer

open layers

digital view of the physical world

+digital objects of the virtual world

QR Codes

SnapShop ShopSavvy

General Electric Augmented Reality ad

Sony Playstation EyePet Project

Wikitude

Layar

Cyberspace has leaked into the real world. What was inside the box…is outside.

- Vernor Vinge

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Wolf Walk

North Carolina State U

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Beaver Tracks

Oregon State U

SJPL’s AR Project

• local history walking tours in San José

• Layar-based

• + mobile site

• + our own app

grant-funded

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AR’s societal consequences

• connectivity ubiquity

• openness and transparency

• social vs. isolationist

• privacy concerns

Development Resources

• Layar Creation: site.layar.com/create

• Layar: dev.layar.com

• BuildAR: buildar.com

• LayarDotNet: layardotnet.codeplex.com

• Python Django Layar:

pypi.python.org/pypi/djanjo-layar/

• PorPOIse: code.google.com/p/porpoise

questions and discussions

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