Tag: new art

Blending technology and art: Some of the recent projects from artist Yiying Lu

Stephen Vagus
Yiying Lu

Innovative modern artist Yiying Lu is making waves in the mobile world. Lu, who has created designs for Conan O’Brien, Twitter, TBS and several other companies, has been incorporating QR codes and augmented reality into her work for some time. Among her most recent projects include custom wall graphic for the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, California, and she was in attendance at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Nevada to show off her work. The Computer History Museum recently held its Australia Week event, which aimed to show…

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Augmented reality is taking the world of art by storm

Stephen Vagus
Augmented Reality Video

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…

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Korea united through the use of AR technology

Stephen Vagus
AR App

Korea is home to a turbulent and, at times, brutal history. The division between the North and the South has long fed upon the disdain each side holds for the other. In such a baneful atmosphere, it is difficult to envision a reunified Korea. With augmented reality, however, such a fate can be experience in our lifetime. A new AR app from the Korean Unification Project offers a glimpse of a nation once torn asunder by relentless conflict, drawn together again under the banner of unity. The app comes from…

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

Jennifer Goula
Bucknell University

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…

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