<body> Public Ad Campaign: New Project Hopes to Turn Building Facades Into Virtual Murals You Can See on Your iPhone
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

New Project Hopes to Turn Building Facades Into Virtual Murals You Can See on Your iPhone

As you may or may not know me and my friend at The Heavy Projects have been working on getting an Augmented Reality mural project off the ground. There are some exciting developments I cant wait to let everyone know about but until then here is a nice article from The LA Weekly. Enjoy!

VIA: The LA Weekly

Los Angeles isn't known as a city with great public spaces. It's a city that traditionally has been beholden to private interests, back-room development deals and, of course, the car. Not coincidentally, it's also a city that has been hostile to street art, until it recently began conflating murals with commercial messages and battling multiple billboard lawsuits. As the city slowly begins to course-correct its past mistakes, a new art initiative addresses the intersection of private space and public art -- entirely virtually.More [HERE]

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Blogger Jim Rhodes said...

It's a great project. Looks pretty cool. Share more info about it https://nerdymates.com/blog/american-dream-essay here.

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