Invisible Cities A Mixed Reality Community Play Space
From 2015 to 2017, Georgia Tech experienced a number of conflicts and tragedies, the most tragic being the
police shooting of Scout Shultz. The university had taken some proactive steps but an artistic engagement
was never manifested.
The competitive campus culture at Tech makes such expressions from students rare. As a result, there was an invisible Georgia
Tech that is hurting and needs help. In an effort to provide an outlet for cathartic artistic expression,
I propose the development of an augmented reality application that enables students to turn the campus
into an invisible sculpture garden.
Students are able to build abstract sculptures using cubes. When finished, they can place that AR sculpture into reality on campus. They can include a message explaining why they created what they did. Once the sculpture is in reality, other students can add to it and make changes. Students can also add annotations to explain why they added or modified an AR statue. Through this process, these sculptures become a living documentary of the life at Georgia Tech.
Each additional sculpture clarifies our students’ attitudes towards campus and the university’s culture.
General Information
Project Role
Lead Researcher, Senior Developer, and Project Manager
Downloads Views
Over 100
Tech Stack
Unity, C#, MapBox, arKit, and arCore
Affiliated Research Lab
Augmented Environments Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology
Publications and Presentations
CHI Play 2018 (Forthcoming)
Still Available
On iOS
Final App
Process
Leading VIP Undergraduate Researchers
As part of the CCI grant, I led a team of seven undergraduates and one masters student to design and develop Invisible Cities.
The Design Process
Master's Student Gaby Shangguan
Student Interviews
Competitve Analysis
Affinity Board
User Storyboard
