IF YOU had any doubt, the future is here and its technology is changing the way we see art.
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Tech-pundits are saying the next 10 years will be game-changing for a lot industries.
Amber Stanley, founder and director of A-Positive augmented reality, helped Tamworth Regional Gallery develop the new Changing Face of the Peel exhibition, complete with a digital, augmented experience.
Gallery visitors are encouraged to download the A-Positive app to their smart phone or tablet to access additional videos relating to the exhibitions pieces.
“It taps into your camera, imagine you’re looking at your camera feed like you’re taking a picture, but while you’re looking through that camera feed, digital content is inserted into your reality as if it belongs there,” Ms Stanley said.
Museums and galleries have jumped on the augmented reality technology, but Ms Stanley said it’s set to make a mark in a number of sectors.
“In the next 10 years, augmented reality is going to infiltrate everything we do, from education, to tourism and government, to business small and large,” she said.
“Museums and galleries are one of the first to embrace this technology because they have the content and they have the stories.”
Ms Stanley said the technology isn’t new, but people’s personal devices have now developed enough power to real-time augmented reality.
And the future will continue to evolve right in front of our eyes. “Eventually, everyone will have a pair of glasses, instead of a smart phone and they will be just using their hands interacting with the internet in reality.”