Medialab Prado

This mini - workshop consists of a theoretical and practical introduction to the technology used in augmented reality and specifically to its application in projects about magic and technology.

Profile of participants: Participants will be chosen based on the following:

- Personal interest, artistic and/or research experience in areas related to those covered in the workshop.

- Knowledge and experience in 2D and 3D digital graphic tools.

Note: If participants have a laptop computer, they should bring it to the workshop to install and configure the augmented reality programming environment.

Programme

FIRST SESSION (21 June)

Modulo I [2 hours]. Presentation of theoretical and practical content. Introduction to Augmented reality (concepts)

-Fundamental concepts in augmented reality. Concepts of virtual reality, augmented reality and augmented virtuality.

-Examples of applications that use AR in disciplines related to art and education. Analysis of these examples with respect to the interactive relationship with the user and the magic implicit in them.

-Augmented reality: 3D brands and models.Introduction to tools for creating AR, programming languages, and libraries: MXRToolkit.

Module II (workshop) [1.5 hours] Examples of Augmented reality (practice)

- Introduction to programming augmented reality using Mxrtoolkit.

- Presentation of several examples of programming.

SECOND SESSION (22 June)

Module III (workshop) [3.5 hours]. Development of applications of Augmented reality (practice)

- Installation and configuration of Mxrtoolkit libraries.

- Development of several examples of programming.

- Documentation.

- Sharing experiences and provisional conclusions.