Winnipeg: speculation of augmented reality in outdoor urban space
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2019-04-01
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Hu, Shihan
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This practicum explores the possibility of applying emerging technology in the field of augmented reality (AR) to urban landscape settings. In particular, it examines current applications of AR—primarily in indoor, building-related and urban street locations—and transfers them to an exclusively outdoor location.
The chosen location—along a re-purposed rail line crossing the Assiniboine River between Polo Park and Omand’s Creek in Winnipeg, Manitoba—is seen as part of a possible route for a future citywide light rail system. It is re-conceived as a place within which people may experience otherwise-invisible natural processes in action. These processes include the rise and fall of the river over time, the growth of the riparian forest and other vegetation, the roots of trees and seasonal changes. The practicum closes by positing other possible applications of AR in the perception of natural and human-made landscapes.
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Augmented reality, Landscape architecture, Speculation, Conceptual design, Virtual design, Virtual environment, Urban space, Urban design, Winnipeg, Assiniboine River