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Argon
Argon is a revolutionary augmented reality browser developed at Georgia Tech, that brings the web into the world around you and was used on the AROS project that Nettrice and Laurie developed. Argon is the world’s first standards-based Augmented Reality (AR) web browser. The goal of Argon is to bring AR to the masses through a…
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Cauleen Smith
Part of the Art 21 series on the influence of Afrofuturist on contemporary art, this article focuses on American Filmmaker, Cauleen Smith. A Star is a Seed is described by Elly Fishman, as ‘a meditation on experimental musician and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra (Fishman,2012). You can read Elly’s article here and find out more about the influences behind the piece.
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Art & Physics
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Beginners guide to AR – Active Tuts+
This guide specifically for beginners leads you through how to create Flash-based AR that you can add to your own website. Active Tuts+ provides two tutorials each taking 1 – 2 hrs to complete. You can download the source files, watch a demo, see examples and create your own AR project. Since 2009 Active Tuts plus…
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Art21
Over the past decade, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, “Art in the Twenty-First Century.” The nonprofit organization has used the power of digital media to introduce millions of people of all ages to contemporary art and artists and has created a new…
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Augmented Reality – How it works
In this article How stuff works looks at augmented reality and how it might be developing in the future. Excerpt from article….. Researchers and engineers are pulling graphics out of your television screen or computer display and integrating them into real-world environments. This new technology, called augmented reality, blurs the line between what’s real and what’s computer-generated by enhancing…
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Afrofuturist Multiverses & Beyond
Have you ever been to an exhibition in a virtual world? What might that look like? Artist Nettrice Beattie created one for an IBM show in 2012 called Alternate Futures:Afrofuturist Multiverses & Beyond. Arahan Claveau (aka Steve Millar) writes in his second life blog Pink Narcissus about the show, on his blog link you can read an…
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Participatory Design
Participatory design (known before as ‘Cooperative Design’) is an approach to design attempting to actively involve all stakeholders (e.g. employees, partners, customers, citizens, end users) in the design process in order to help ensure the product designed meets their needs and is usable (Wikipedia, 2012). Here is also a link to a collaborative academic paper on…
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Augmented Reality – intro video
This video by Common Craft is an introduction to augmented reality – a growing way to use camera phones to learn about the world around you. It introduces the technology and covers the basic applications, including: • A high level introduction to the big idea• Using it to find a restaurant• Using it to compare products, be entertained•…
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Sandford Biggers
Who is Sandford Biggers? Sanford Biggers is an interdisciplinary artist who works in film/video, installation, sculpture, music, and performance. An L.A. native, he has lived and worked in New York City since 1999. Nettrice Gaskins from the Aros project recommended him as an important artist for this resource and sent us a number of links all…
