Publication/Creation Date

2019

Creators/Contributors

Audio.AR (creator)
MuseWeb Foundation (creator)

Description

"Be Here Stories is a collaboration between the Museums on Main Street group at the Smithsonian and the MuseWeb Foundation. The project is designed to collect stories from rural America and share them not only when on-site, but also more broadly. Though this project has several components, at its core is the ability for participants to create geo-tagged stories that are subsequently available for consumption in their relevant locations." (Source: https://audioar.org/be-here-stories/) 

This app demonstrates the AR category of Historical Annotation. In this category, mainstream narratives and histories reflecting actual events of the past are activated and validated through superimposing digitized archival materials onto physical space. 

Read more:
To listen to the archive of stories on the web interface: https://www.museweb.us/be-here-stories/listen.html 

Burgund, Halsey (Audio.AR). "Be Here Stories." (2019). https://audioar.org/be-here-stories/.

Augments

Mapping, Navigating, Speaking, Listening, Sharing, Collecting, Remembering

Technology Keywords

Augmented Reality (AR), Mobile Augmented Reality, Mobile Applications, Audio AR, Augmented Memory, Web Interfaces, Digital Archives, Geo Location

Keywords

Historical Annotation, Storytelling, Memory, Museum, User-Generated Content

Source

Screenshot from app (Personal image)