
What to know about AR
AN AUGMENTED REALITY GALLERY EXPERIENCE
For my senior thesis, I was curious to learn more about Augmented Reality (AR), and possibly to create an AR experience myself. This gallery experience showcases what I learned through my research and showcasing it in an educational and interactive way for other people like me who are curious about it. The posters shown are scanable with a tablet, and augmented reality is activated to make the posters come to life.
Research + Design phase
During my research, I found that there was 4 different types of Augmented Reality.
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Marker based
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Location based
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Super imposition based
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Projection based
I then prototyped examples of what each augmented reality experience would look like:
Here is an initial sketch of what I envisioned the gallery experience to look like:
I wanted users to be able to learn about the different types and uses of augmented reality by taking an iPad and scanning the posters.

The final gallery experience
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Users would come to the first poster and learn what augmented reality is and what industries are using it
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Then the following posters would have examples of each type of AR with its definition, common uses, and ways to experience it in real life
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Finally, the user would take the tablet, and scan each poster to activate a live example of what each augmented reality looks like.
