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Turadg Aleahmad - Noah Fishel - Amy Lew - Anna Östberg - Jan Zheng
ContinuumActivating the Allegheny Cemetery
What is Continuum?
Continuum is a mobile application to enhance one’s exploration of Allegheny Cemetery. At the entrance to the cemetery is a serene display explaining to an interested visitor what Continuum does and how they can load it onto their phone.
Why Allegheny Cemetery? Historical
Challenging
Unexplored
Research
Site Exploration
Direct Observation
On-site Interviews
Background Research
On-site Research Come to the cemetery
because it feels like a large public park
Come to the cemetery for recreation
Come to the cemetery for solitude
Come to the cemetery to mourn
Background Research
Dow et al. –Exploring spatial narratives and mixed reality experiences in Oakland Cemetery (2005)
“Voices of Oakland”
Audio augmentation to promote storytelling
Jane McGonigal - Graveyard Games (2005)
Situating games like Texas Hold ‘Em within cemetery
Promoting exploration of cemetery by incorporating it into a game
Site Exploration
Solitude
Reflection
Mourning
Silence
Peace
History
Contemplation
Design
Ideation
Design Space
Needs Validation
Encouraging Exploration
Ideation
Let mourners leave physical or virtual tokens
Annotation of sites
Augmented reality of history
Giving or providing directions
Passage through time
Design Space
Success conditions
Amount of guidance
Type of learning
Number of participants
Competition or collaboration
Additive to experience
Byproducts
Needs Validation connect with lives of
deceased
game-like exploration
creative expression
learn about history
discover history
Needs Validation connect with lives of
deceased
game-like exploration
creative expression
learn about history
discover history
Encouraging Exploration Navigation of cemetery –
maps, directions
Passage through time - travel from grave to grave and see different years, historical eras
Connections between people - showing relationships
Why a Mobile Application?
inappropriate to place much signage or technology in a cemetery
individual devices allow for solitude and contemplation
greater flexibility than providing a specialized device
Features
Signage leading to the application itself
Map of the cemetery
Augmented reality capabilities (camera)
Timeline
Search
Signage
Located at the cemetery entrances
Similar to signs in large public spaces in need of navigation, such as national parks
Directs visitors to download the application
Map
Assists in navigating the cemetery
Important graves can be marked on the map for later
Integrates with other features, like timeline
Augmented Reality Provides information based
on location as seen through the camera
Clicking on the name provides more information about the person
Timeline
Enables visitors to select particular periods of time that interest them
Search
Can search for people, places, important events
Search gives flexibility to those who know what they wish to find
VideoAnd now, our feature presentation ...