TrendCentral: Built on the Layar platform, the UAR (Urban Augmented Reality) app was developed by the Netherlands Architecture Institute
with the ambitious goal of making the Netherlands the first country to
have its landmark architectural sites explorable on a smart phone for
those who want to embark on a self-guided tour. Beginning with
Rotterdam, where users can see a 3D model of the unfinished Market Hall,
the institute plans to add several Dutch cities, with the entire
country online within five years. Users will not only be provided with
current details on a building’s architecture, but also with interesting
facts about the history of the site, as well as information on plans for
the future. Maybe we will finally understand what motivated architects
to design such a narrow house – and, even more importantly, how people
actually manage to live in it. |
