Augmented Reality Demo

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE I am so psyched, just finished my last augmented reality demo for my classes and I am so excited at how well it went. I used the GE smart grid example and the United States Post Office example and the students loved it. Plus mentioned QR codes such as what entertainment weekly did with its summer movie preview, how real estate and others are using QR codes as well as the Microsoft Tag - the students asked lot of questions, three are doing visual literacy projects now using the concept and I got them to think about ways to expand their job skills and where this technology might be used.

YAY - and this was on a Friday, before the memorial day three day weekend and the students were engaged the whole period - YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ok links - Microsoft tag tag.microsoft.com/consumer/index.aspx

GE smart Grid (ge.ecomagination.com) and the direct AR demo - ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality

USPS AR demo -www.prioritymail.com/simulator.asp

Berlin artist use of QR code/tag - sweza.com/graffyard/)

Real estate -realestate.about.com/od/realestatewebsites/a/qr_codes_realty_2.htm

Entertainment Weekly QR Code Use (one student had a blackberry and we actually went through how to do this - www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3iceae27f23a68f24b57814675c300d2d8

Augmented Reality - a new player or a fad?

Jut read about this today - www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-03-22-realitytravel22_ST_N.htm

and I've heard more and more people talking about AR - plus I had found the Viz app and was going gaga thinking of the great ways I could use that in lessons - I mean AR could be a way to compromise on say dissection in biology and that's just one of millions of uses - for transmedia projects - ohhhhh the possibilities

I remember awhile back, how much I liked pop-up video on VH-1 - and now, with this boom, it is almost like making the world one big pop-up video..... it is exciting and scary how much potential there is - but... the question always remains - how to make this a valuable part of the classroom and not just a fad, or ooohh-ahh or toy....

And that is where the nitty-gritty comes in - making lesson plans that integrate this tech/concept in a day to day basis as opposed to a one-shot deal....