augmented reality: a primer for libraries
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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
