Re:publica going AR

Re:publica is a Berlin-based conference on digitalism, social media, the blogging society and other virtual aspects of our existence. So, this year’s Re:publica had a track on augmented reality, too. If you couldn’t be there, now the videos start popping up on the official youtube channel.

Today I’d like to short-feature Keiichi Matsuda again, who brought us the great concept video of Augmented (Hyper)Reality. He has a 30 minute talk on his concept designs of an augmented world. To refresh your memory on his work, I’ll quote:

The architecture of the contemporary city is no longer simply about the physical space of buildings and landscape, more and more it is about the synthetic spaces created by the digital information that we collect, consume and organize; an immersive interface may become as much part of the world we inhabit as the buildings around us.

Augmented (hyper)Reality is an ongoing independent research-by-design project by Keiichi Matsuda, exploring scenarios for our future occupation of the city in the context of emerging technologies and ubiquitous media.

Unfortunately the sound is a bit off, but you might want to lean back and get some first hand thoughts on his AR. :-)

PS. Don’t forget the AR Stammtisch in Munich tonight!