AR Superpower
Design a technological something that gives you, one of your peers, a specialy ability, a superpower.I decided to focus on solving some of my own and my peers niche fears through the use of Augmented Reality (AR). Those are as follows; bird attacks, fear of balding, stepping on bugs, post horror movie where you want to look behind your back, back vision to check on acne and finally, acne/spots on the face.
March-April 2022
Augmented Reality, Rapid Prototyping, Emerging Technologies, Fear, Problem Solving, Magic Leap, Twitch, Streaming, iPhone
Using MagicLeap as my AR platform, I first spent lots of time in the system to learn all about it. There were lots of nuances and uses to AR that I had never previously used, so wanted to gain some
familiarity. I especially enjoyed being able to test it outside as long as it had a decent internet connection. For the superpowers, I ended up placing my phone in various places and streaming the camera through twitch to the MagicLeap, giving me two sets of eyes.
The creation of my AR superpowers began with the creation different rigs to test out multiple perspectives. Using wooden planks of various length, and some hemp string, I achieved lots of variation in my viewpoints. After narrowing them down, I chose the six setups and fears you see below.
The creation of my AR superpowers began with the creation different rigs to test out multiple perspectives. Using wooden planks of various length, and some hemp string, I achieved lots of variation in my viewpoints. After narrowing them down, I chose the six setups and fears you see below.
Shown below is a recording directly from the Magic Leap AR device. The image where you can see my face is what my phone is streaming, and the surrounding, darker image is what I am actually looking at in real life.