Augmented history

The Civil War app changes in real time and plays out over four and a half years, producing a daily casualty count. This has been criticised as being too immersive – uncomfortable for many people.

The Iraq War Memorial app superimposes a war memorial on a real scence

http://gamesalfresco.com/2011/02/21/augmented-reality-u-s-iraq-war-memorial/

The war memorial app, brings a virtual representation into the physical world. Street Museum brings the past of the physical world into the present by syuperimposing pictures of London’s past over London’s present. For example, it shows pictures of London during the Blitz.

Suchtweetsorrow.com presents a modern retelling and reworking of the story of Romeo and Juliet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyhayes/5778206030/ looks at the building blocks of experiential media – including the physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual experiential building blocks. The spiritual level involves the experience prompting those involved to change their belief system.

(Notes from Creating Second Lives in Bangor 2011)

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