An Augmented Reality Experience
Tuesday the 2nd of April marked the day that I finished my second project here at KEA in Copenhagen. It also marked the final day that I was with my entire class; exchange students and people who were here for an internship. So, 10 weeks had already gone by, which seems crazy to me. Itās been a while, I know, Iām sorry but itās just been very hectic, but I wanted to write a bit about what my second project was, and what did we produce.
The second project was all about augmented reality (AR) and involved us working with the Workerās Museum here in Copenhagen, also known as Arbejdermuseet. My group and I were given the task of creating an AR experience about the Great Hall that is within the museum. The whole museum is about the workersā movement in Denmark, and it was originally a place that people involved in the movement met, and it is still used for events to this day. My group and I were to tell the history of the great hall, and we focused on the key things that are featured within the hall; the ceiling which is made of glass, the wood carvings and the painting/mural. Iāll attach the videos like I did for my previous project if youāre interested in seeing them. Itāll include our promotional video as well as a linear video of the experience.
I was the project manager for this project, but as our group was small, it wasnāt something that was taken seriously. Instead, I worked alongside a girl called Renee on being a designer. What things did I focus on? I made the videos that are featured within our AR experience that are informative videos. I filmed and edited our promotional video. I also made a leaflet that would essentially be given out to those who come to visit the museum whilst they are buying their ticket at the ticket desk. Obviously, there were more things that I did, but those were the main things that took time. There was also a lot of research and planning done, as that is the main process of these projects. I might do a post on how Iām taught here, or how a project works here in Denmark at KEA Project Lab, if thatās what people are interested in.
Testing is always an annoying part of creating a prototype. We had wanted to use wood carvings that had outlines of specific things in the hall. That would essentially be the trigger for our AR. Unfortunately, those did not work so we just had to use paper copies of the outlines which, looks wise, did not look that great, so we were quite disappointed in that.
After we had completed our project, we had to present to the class, as well as a few other people, including two people from the museum. I was nervous, as always, but it went well, and they could see the potential in our idea which is always a great thing. A few days after the final product, we were given the opportunity to present our experience at the museum, where members of staff came to try it out and which essentially allowed us to do further testing.
With every project, especially when itās a prototype, there are always things that we would have liked to have been able to do but donāt have time to do, or the skills set. The wood carvings were a huge part of ours, as well as we wanted to incorporate a game that would make the AR experience interesting for all ages. We also wanted to include some animation; whether it be making the wood carvings within the hall come to life or animating some aspects of the painting. We pitched these ideas nevertheless because it was ideas that we all liked, and the people from the museum loved it which is what counts.
Overall, the museum was happy with our ideas and what we had produced in terms of a prototype. Presenting is never really my thing, but it went well and Iām happy with it! This project was a nice way of finishing off the internship. I met some wonderful people, who I hope to keep in touch with and see again sometime in the future. I wish them all good luck with their final project and the rest of their course.
As promised, here is the link to our promo video:
https://youtu.be/-BmNDYo3Z3c
And here is the link to the linear video, where you can see what our AR experience is like:
https://youtu.be/vYlKsxi714g
My next project is an artificial reality (AI) task of creating a chatbot for a real estate company here in Denmark and combining their date with a data company called Dingeo, so that will be interesting. Iām actually quite excited to learn about chatbots and create one.
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