As inspiration, I will use the "Looking into the Past" photography concept in combination with smartphone technology to create an augmented reality education tool. Harborfront Centre will already have a network of unique QR code portals in the city for their own advertising purposes. Using this system, the typical user could scan a code in the neighborhood they are in, and the barcode will lead them to information of what that exact spot looked like 20, 50, 100 years ago, as well as information about what happens there now. This will offer a link to HFC summer activities that may revolve around those particular local cultures, or information on how to explore more of what lives, & has lived, in our Toronto.
I need some other minds to share this concept with. It needs refinement & stabilization. I'm open to anyone who thinks there may be a potential with this direction.
Thanks,
Ansis
Photography seems like an interesting outlet for a project like this. I am very interested in exploring Canada’s evolving identity, but for the sake of creating something manageable Toronto seems like an interesting city to explore. It would be neat if we could develop something similar to Murmur but in a visual sense; create a showcase to display how Toronto has changed and is continuing to grow.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to something you may find interesting. It was a post I uploaded a couple of weeks ago about the Toronto Museum Project (http://www.toronto.ca/tmp/index.htm) . It is a new interactive exhibit that allows people to explore and discover Toronto history through listening and reading people’s stories about chosen artifacts (significant to Toronto’s identity). It could serve as an interesting benchmark for this kind of interactive project.