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Augmented reality is taking the world of art by storm

09/04/201109/04/2011 Stephen Vagus

Augmented reality is fast becoming a well used tool in the world of art. Artists from all over the world have found a use for the technology and have taken to constructing virtual art exhibits in the hearts of several major cities. Augmented reality is most often considered a tool for the marketing and entertainment industries, but as more artists find creative uses for the technology, it is becoming a powerful art medium. This trend is likely to continue as more people gain access to smart phones and other mobile…

Augmented reality is saturating the world of art with new initiative from Yiying Lu

08/23/201108/23/2011 John Montgallo

Yiying Lu, an acclaimed digital artist based in Sydney, Australia, has unveiled her latest foray into the world of tech-powered art. Lu’s latest project seeks to spread the prevalence of interactive art. She believes that interactivity is the future of all artistic endeavors and will allow people to experience incredible masterpieces in a new way. Lu has worked with QR codes in the past, designing a number of fashion-related sketches that have been used in magazines. The project will be part of Lu’e Walls 360 company, which specializes in custom…

Science-fiction writer develops augmented reality app to send users on a virtual treasure hunt

08/20/201108/19/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Once upon a time, augmented reality was considered nothing more than a fantasy. For years, those wishing to experience augmented reality escaped into vast, futuristic worlds portrayed in science-fiction. Author Bruce Sterling is all too familiar with this phenomenon, as we wrote some of the first books to feature AR technology. Sterling is renowned for crafting high technology from his imagination, but now he is bringing his ideas into reality. This time, however, he is not writing them down in a book. At the Art Center College of Design in…

China’s Terracotta Army comes to life in Singapore

06/18/2011 Stephen Vagus

China’s Terracotta Army Augmented Reality

The famed Terracotta Warriors have stood as silent sentries in China’s Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor for hundreds of years. The army of statues, numbering in the thousands, is testament of the forces the first emperor of China had at his command. They have been the subject of intrigue from scholars all over the world and countless visitors to China have been cowed by the stoicism of the stone army. Now the soldiers are coming to life with the help of mobile technology. The Asian Civilizations Museum (ACM) of…

Taking the AR out of art…cyber installations bring new life into the art world

06/13/201106/13/2011 Jennifer Goula

The progress of technology has sweeping implications on society as a whole. As cultures become more entangled with mobile devices and their associated faculties, their peoples are finding new ways to leverage technology as it pertains to expression. The world of art has always been an ambient measure of philosophical and conceptual advances in society. Art is widely regarded as a cultural barometer through which humanity’s state of mind can be determined. Now people are using technology to enhance their view of art and, perhaps, give the world around them…