Augmented reality on hand at museum in the Netherlands, threatens to make learning cool
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This is not the most prurient example of augmented reality we’ve seen, and it may not have an obvious movie tie-in, but we will give it bonus points for being educational. Visitors to an exhibit titled “A Future for the Past,” currently at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, can peep context specific info and virtual reconstructions of Satricum and the Forum Romanum, superimposed on large scale photographs of each respective site. There are two types of hardware on hand — both the MovableScreen-packin’ iMac stationary display and the UMPC devices allow the user to seemingly view through the photos, exploring specific points of interest. There’s no telling how much a setup like this would run you if you wanted to, for example, let your friends and neighbors virtually peruse that massive Lego city you built in the garage, but make sure you let us know when you get it up and running. That would be so sweet. Video after the break.
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