This project is an attempt to recreate some of the cool communal-computing aspects of Dynamicland using consumer AR devices.
As the name implies, this is firmly against Dynamicland's vision of bringing computing into the real world and allowing people to interact with computers and each other at the same time without barriers. But I don't have Dynamicland. I have an iPhone. So I am building my own version of Dynamicland using that.
I am personally not super interested in the programming aspects of Dynamicland right now. Instead I am focusing on a particular experience that I want for myself and my robotics students. Specifically I want to be able to:
- Pull a sticky note with a tracking code out of my notebook and put it on a wall or table.
- Point my phone at it to see AR content in my physical space.
- Interact with it using my phone as a "cursor" reaching out into the AR space.
- Put the code back into my notebook for safekeeping.
Conceptually, the idea is to have little apps that live inside the tracking codes. They should be fully multiplayer and grounded in physical space. I want any number of participants to be able to interact with the apps equally, and to have a consistent view of the space.
Overall, I want to truly augment our physical spaces. I don't want it to feel like a mere overlay, I want it to feel like an extension of the world we live in.
