{"id":494,"date":"2011-01-17T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T16:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillyhistory.wpengine.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2011-01-17T11:21:36","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T16:21:36","slug":"augmented-reality-coming-soon-to-phillyhistory-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phillyhistory.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/augmented-reality-coming-soon-to-phillyhistory-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmented Reality Coming Soon to PhillyHistory.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-495\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyhistory.org\/PhotoArchive\/Detail.aspx?assetId=8006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-495   \" title=\"Augmented_Reality_Mockup\" src=\"https:\/\/phillyhistory.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010_09_17_AR_Mockup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.phillyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010_09_17_AR_Mockup.png 1107w, https:\/\/blog.phillyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010_09_17_AR_Mockup-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Broad Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in 1916 and 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you ever wanted to time travel? Discover what Philadelphia looked like in the past and compare it to the present landscape? At <em>Philly<\/em>History.org, we&#8217;re working on a way to do just that. In 2010, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phila.gov\/Records\/Archives\/Archives.html\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Records<\/a> received a grant from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neh.gov\/odh\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities<\/a> to investigate the possibility of developing a prototype augmented reality application for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillyhistory.org\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Philly<\/em>History.org<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augmented_reality\" target=\"_blank\">Augmented reality<\/a> refers to the ability to view digital data on a view of the current world. Utilizing a combination of the GPS and camera technologies available on contemporary smart phones, this mobile phone application will enable users to view historic photographs from <em>Philly<\/em>History.org as overlays on the current urban landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The above photo is a mock-up of how those overlays might work. We&#8217;re still in the development stage so the final results may differ dramatically, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek of what&#8217;s in the works. For more information on the project, read our announcement at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phila.gov\/Records\/Archives\/pdfs\/Grants_NEH_Augmented_Reality_April_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.phila.gov\/Records\/Archives\/pdfs\/Grants_NEH_Augmented_Reality_April_2010.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to wait months though for mobile access to <em>Philly<\/em>History.org. The images are always available on your smartphone at <a href=\"http:\/\/phillyhistory.org\/i\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/phillyhistory.org\/i\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to time travel? Discover what Philadelphia looked like in the past and compare it to the present landscape? At PhillyHistory.org, we&#8217;re working on a way to do just that. 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