Fine Art instructors begin to adopt augmented reality to help students learn the craft

Augmented Reality Art

Augmented Reality Art
Fine Art faculty members at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University have begun experimenting with augmented reality as a way to present artistic concepts to students. Art instructor Paulo Majano believes that the technology is underutilized and hopes to enhance his teaching methods with augmented reality. With the help of Junaio, a mobile application built specifically for augmented reality, Majano has been building 3D images that can fly around a class room. Majano will be launching an art exhibition with his students later this year that makes use of the technology.

Majano is not the first to come up with the idea of an augmented reality art exhibit. Such projects have become popular in New York City, where many an aspiring artist congregates to be amongst peers. Such an art exhibit has taken root at the Museum of Modern Art, and has attracted thousands of people. While Majano is not aiming for world firsts, he hopes to expose his students to a technology that may be a big part of their future lives.

Augmented reality is, indeed, beginning to penetrate every spectrum of society. The technology is quickly becoming a powerful marketing tool and has already seen use in the realm of interactive gaming. The technology is also being used to examine viruses in greater detail, allowing scientists for better understand specific illnesses. Majano believes that the future, especially in terms of art, is likely to revolve around augmented reality in some fashion.

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