Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-30 Thread Damon Loren Baker
Hi I'm yet another manifest.ar person. Jumping in here at the end. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@gmail.com wrote: Is there the possibility of live AR? - or using bvh files - similar to their Second Life application? So that AR can be real-time interactive? this

[-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-26 Thread Alan Sondheim
[This may not have gone through; apologies, if it did. - Alan] Is there the possibility of live AR? - or using bvh files - similar to their Second Life application? So that AR can be real-time interactive? I'm naive here, but it occurs to me that placement of virtual objects is similar to a

Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-20 Thread John Craig Freeman
From: xDxD.vs.xDxD xdxd.vs.x...@gmail.com this is a great reflection, and i think that this is the main limit in researching on the possibilities of AR using software like Layar, Junaio et similia. this (the use of closed platforms like Layar, Junaio and others) is just about my only

Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-20 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:25:46AM -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote: Hi - I'm not sure how to reply to this; I've been thinking about it. One thing about locative art is its oddly inert quality - it's _there_ and remains there, is fixed there. It's _there_ in the sense of geographic

Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-20 Thread chris mann
mcdonalds is pure augmented reality. get over it. On 20 Apr 2011, at 08:07, John Craig Freeman wrote: From: xDxD.vs.xDxD xdxd.vs.x...@gmail.com this is a great reflection, and i think that this is the main limit in researching on the possibilities of AR using software like Layar, Junaio

Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-17 Thread Rodney Berry
Alan, yes, that's something that makes me less inclined to make the effort with today's mobile platforms for AR. You hit the nail on the head that locative media is located, not just in space but in the technological platform - particularly commercially located (iPhone or Android or Symbian? or

Re: [-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-17 Thread xDxD.vs.xDxD
hi Alan! On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: So the 'We' in electracy you talk about is inextricably mixed with capital, with enclaving, and with the specifics of location; only the last is accessible to everyone. In this sense, what you call 'this

[-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-16 Thread Alan Sondheim
Hi - I'm not sure how to reply to this; I've been thinking about it. One thing about locative art is its oddly inert quality - it's _there_ and remains there, is fixed there. It's _there_ in the sense of geographic location, and _there_ in the sense of specific technology needed to reveal

[-empyre-] Augmented reality as public art, mobile location based monuments and virtual memorials

2011-04-10 Thread John Craig Freeman
Hello all, For the past eight years, I have worked on the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets overlooking the historic Boston Common, the first public park in the United States. I park in the Common Garage which is under the park, so I walk across the park every morning. As I do, I often