Displace

DISPLACE -  location-based AR-viewer and game

"Place an object anywhere for others to find it - create and curate an AR gallery in public space - discover museum objects in new contexts - surprise, delight, inform and connect."

The DISPLACE app was conceived as an initiative for museums to enhance / extend / evolve their communications and outreach (Vermittlung) with a simple, stable and effective AR experience.

Particularly adapted to cultural institutions and networks of institutions across multiple locations, the app is a web-based social media platform inviting anyone to participate as cultural agent, curating 3D objects in public space.

DISPLACE will enable users as curators to :

- upload 3D models or scans of objects
- specify locations where objects are to display
- enter text and basic info to display with the object
- place objects for anyone with the app to discover and interact with
- create and host games around specific themes or campaigns

DISPLACE will enable users as visitors to :

- explore a map for discoverable objects
- find placed gps markers in public place
- view and participate with placed content using mobile AR, and
- contribute user-generated content and ideas for exhibitions and games

"DISPLACE gets objects out of museums and people back into them, it lets museums connect and their networks become visible."

This prototype of DISPLACE was made in less than 2 days by TEAM#3 during the 2022 Museums Hackathon organized by A MAZE. We hope you enjoy it!

Instructions:
1 - On an android device, download the app and install it. You may have to "allow unknown sources" on your device, here's how to do it.
2 - Rendez-vous near one of the following Museums (or find a space where you are with plenty of room).
3 - Open the app and select a Museum on the map to pretend that you're there.
4 - Accept the "Access to your Camera" request and let your phone detect a nice plane to display the content.
5 - Pretend you travel from a city to another by tapping the "city" buttons at the bottom of the screen.
6 - Play with each content in its own way using the "interact" button.
7 - Tell us what you think! It helps a lot.

Featured Museum, Partners :
Museum Koenig | Bonn
Deutsches Museum | Munich
Deutsches Bergbau Museum | Bochum
SGN | Görlitz
Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum | Mainz
Germanisches Nationalmuseum | Nürnberg
German Maritime Museum (DSM) | Bremerhaven
Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) | Berlin

TEAM#3 - Alan Prohm, Annika Ley, Fehime Seven & Fred Urien