Field Trip

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Markers allow easy sync between al students in a class
Markers
Lens Packs would allow for many more topics.
Markers
Extended marker tracking allows multiple markers to be used.

Inspiration

I wanted to answer a few questions with my concept, and I believe I succeeded in answering all of them.

1) How do you easily keep an AR experience in sync that's used an entire class of students simultaneously? 2) How do you do this on a school device without social user accounts? 3) Can an AR experience provide tangible benefits now? 4) If I was a teacher, how would I want to use AR with my students?

What it does

Field Trip is a system that uses physical markers to sync up the size, location, and orientation of 3D models in the world. It uses Extended Marker Tracking so that the markers are only used for sync, but once the models are loaded, the world tracking takes over. Students can all look at the same model and the teacher can know where everything is located too.

How we built it

I built it in Lens Studio. I used high-quality 3D scans of sculptures from The Louvre as the first content pack. I've never been to The Louvre and I found it fascinating to explore these works of art myself. I used Draco compression built into Lens Studio to allow me to fit quite a few high quality scans within the size limitations of a Lens.

Challenges we ran into

No major issues.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It succeeds in answering all of my initial questions and I would absolutely use this in a classroom. While requiring physical markers isn't ideal, it drastically simplifies the experience for end-users and allows Camera Kit apps to share spaces.