Concept
My co-creator Tara Burns and I, aimed to create an Augmented Reality application used as an educational supplement to Laura Dixon Gottschild’s Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts.
Methodology
We chose ten pages that we would augment in the book. Each being accountable for five, we discussed ways that would most effectively visualize the textual content. We also were looking at different ways to activate our selected pages resulting in a blueprint containing a motion capture example of poly-rhythm, several reliefs of video examples of the pieces discussed in the book with sound and including the capability to stop and restart the video with a button, one relief picture of a definition with sound to clarify the pronunciation of the word ephebism and one relief of a black and white picture that changed to color. (burnsnation.wordpress.com)
ARGOTTSCHILD project demonstrates the various capacities in which augmented reality can be used to enhance the learning experience through text and connects our digital advances instantly in the classroom.
ARGOTTSCHILD makes possible the ability to connect with live video, 3D models, and word descriptions making learning more connected and efficient. The goal of this project is to have a prototype to share with departments, authors, and future scholars the possibilities of integrated technology.
ARGOTTSCHILD streamlines the learning experience for students and opens doors for future author’s inclusion of media components.
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