With the great efforts given by the world to fight against the pandemic, tourism is gradually recovering worldwide. Chinatown is one of the most popular sites in San Francisco.
This Augmented Reality (AR) project aims to provide a tour guide, helping people understand the stories behind public arts. In the meantime, the final incentive at the end lets people redeem their rewards in the shop which stimulates the tourism development in Chinatown.
OBJECTIVES
Presenting in different genres to showcase historical stories to arouse users’ attention and curiosity.
Site Collection
Multiple Medium
Improving Economy
Visitors will be informed at their first scanning that this site tour is a collection. They will receive a reward at the end of the final site viewing.
A Barcode will show up after visitors have collected four sites in Chinatown. The content of the gifts depends on different traditional holidays in China. Furthermore, there is also a limited edition for each season.
REDEMPTION
SITE 02
STORIES BEHIND PUBLIC ARTS
2022 Autumn, Experience Design, San Francisco
OVERVIEW
Duration: 5 Weeks
The commentary for each mural includes its origin and the heated discussions of the time.
Solo Project
Many tourists visit the place and enjoy different cultural collisions. However, most public arts have no introductions leading to some regrets for those curious about the stories behind them.
TOOLS：Unity, PhotoShop, Procreate, iMovie, Premiere Pro
FOUR SITES
Terracotta Warriors
SITE 03
Bruce Lee
SITE 04
Lion Dance
WAYFINDING
Virtual Map
The virtual map will show up at the end of each introduction to give clear guidance to the next site.
DEMONSTRATION
INTERACTION
SITE 01
Peking Opera
Audio
Users can scan the mural with their mobile phones, and the mural collection and guidance will start to work according to the users' location.
Hand detection triggers the audio playing and model 360-degree showcase.
REWARD SYSTEM
Space Overlay
Button
3D Model
