#CILDC : Augmented Reality and Next-Gen Libraries

Nathan Flinchum (@justnathan) - DIY BYOD AR: OMG: Tips for augmented reality beginners

Bringing History to Life

- Accessibility

- Discoverability

- Context 

Overlay what the space looked like on top of what it looks like now.

The Big Idea-

- Seed Roanoke with historical imagery

- Promote som spots, not all

- Encourage the community to contribute images

They are using:

 Aurasma (software)

- likes libraries

- ad-free images

- can create a custom-skinned IOS app

WhereamIat? (Software)

- latitude/longitude for IOS

Be Aware!

- cellular locative ability is not great. Locations on mobile devices are fuzzy.  Geolocated points are difficult.

- conditions for image recognition are poor. Lighting makes a huge difference.

Do it anyway!

- historical collections can move outside

- armchair historians are drawn in

- it's cool!

Tips for overcoming challenges

- provide devices, if desired

- provide alternative viewing options

--- Google maps

--- Photoshopped images

--- In-library displays 

- stay indoors on wifi

The distrbuted library

- LibraryBoxes

- History all around

- use the library as a home base 

Michelle Yu and Mason Yang - 

Gen Y

- digital natives 

- mobile computing

- BYOD

- mobile computing as a platform for learning

What is it?

- AR is part of virtual reality

- a composite view

- the augmentation can take many forms

- typical AR research focuses on use of live video imagery that is then augmented

--- combines virtual and real

--- 3D

--- interactive in real-time

Why use it?

- can improve the user's performance and information comprehension

AR applications in various fields

- used in many different industries including medical and entertainment

- Yelp using the Monocle AR feature

- Wikitude

- Google Goggles

- Google Sky Map

AR in libraries of today and the future

- a low-level version of this is using QR Codes to connect patrons with online content.

- https://layer.com 

--- http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/layar/

Double Robotics

- allows people to visit in real-time from a distance

Google Glass

Audience comment - AR is allowing books to come to life.  Characters can "come off the page." Great for use with kids.  

- Nathan - books as apps.  AR does not need to be a passive experience.

Audience member is using AR in her school library for book reviews.  Another used it for a tour of the city.