Let's use ARientation to meet people from around the world. It is the most simple way to use team projects in classrooms and public spaces. Simply upload a short selfie introduction video and upload it to the project. When you load the project in the ARientation smartphone application and scan any card, you will see a random video that was submitted. It is a simple way to get to know your community.

Take a selfie self-introduction video of yourself (10 seconds or less!)

About the Project

The goal of this project is to create a deeper sense of community with classmates by sharing our hopes, goals, and dreams for college life.

The project is in a series of other projects related to augmented reality and its use in teaching, learning, and tourism. The technology is based on an AR platform designed by me (Eric Hawkinson) and my fellow researchers/developers in the Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities in Learning research group (MAVR) based in Japan. The platform itself is called ARientation and started as a way to connect supplementary digital materials to physical textbooks, but later was expanded into various mixed reality learning environments such as libraries, tours, and events.

Inspiration

The project was inspired by the work of Candy Chang and her project called ‘Before I Die’ where unused public spaces became community art and gave local residents a voice and life to previously abandoned buildings.