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AR glasses is a way to get get more information about the world around you, There are app that tell you what stars, planets, etc. are visible from where you are. What other data sources might you want to integrate into an app like this? What different layers of information might you want to combine in this view?
Augmented relatively is becoming more and common these days and can tell you a lot of information with just looking at certain objects. A star gazing app it a perfect example of this.
In order to see where star and planets are located I used the app, Skyview in order to see them. Here I was see where the planet, star, constellations were based on my location. I was also able to see how far they were and I was also able to predict where they would be in the future by changing the time. Using your Geo location, it can easily find where the planets are based on where you standing. There is also a search feature that allows the user to find any planet or constellation they want and a little arrow will point the user to it.
All these feature are included for free in the Skyview app.
Here, I'm comparing the position of the moon at 6:00 P.M. and at 9:00 P.M. at night. As you can see, in the 6:00 PM one, the camera needs to be pointed at the ground in order to locate the moon and that 9:00 P.M. the moon is in the sky. I believe you can add so much more information about the moon with this application. You could have the moon graphic change based on the moon phases as well as the lunar phases. You could also use the time feature as mention before to see when the moon phases will occur like when the next full moon will be as well as when the next solar eclipse and lunar eclipse will happen.
This will also tell the user warnings about how to safely be able to look at the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse because using VR glasses can cause damages to the eyes.
An app like this could also have an interactive show with an narrator to tell you more about the sky. This could be just like the PBS show, Star Gazer. Here you can just walk outside with a lawn chair and look up into the sky and you can have different episodes based on what you are looking at. Like Star Gazer, it can give you daily updates on what is going on in the sky that day.
This little spokesmen can come out and take to the user about history and facts about those things in space. They can guide the user to places they didn't know about and use the future prediction of where stars will be feature to tell them what will happen in the future, where satellite are and even missions that NASA might be conducting that the time and see it in live time as well.
If there is a newly discovered star, it can update its data base so that it will be the main feature for that week and let everyone know what is going on.
This doesn't have to be restricted to only these kinds of constellations. There is also different story from different parts of the world such as Native American Star Mythology. So adding a feature where you can switch between the different version can be very informal the the user.
There can also be a way to add story for kids. When they look at the star constellations, it will tell them stories involving them and involving the constellations that are out during that time. This can educate children about the stars, planets and constellations at a very young age.
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The army does star navigation courses that they teach their solders in the Navy and the Air force incase they do not have any technology with them and they have to use what they have in their hand. An app like this can take the time to teach the user who to use the sky in to locate themself and be able to navigation without the use of their phone or AR glasses.
One last feature that would be very informative would be to show the user how the sky would look without light pollution and how it looks with it. This can also take about how they might be able to fight against it. It can show all the space garbage that it floating around in space as well. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
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