laugmented - ucla design media arts / browse...

LAugmented

Cris Bernabe-SanchezGreg RubenLeigh Anne AbiounessMichelle BabaStephen SulistiawanZach Scott

DESMA 150 A: ReBrand LA

LAugmented“Smarter than a Local”

Design & Research

User Experience

Overview

Application

Future Development

Media Content

#

#

#

#

#

#

Overview

5

LAugmented is an application to help anyone explore the City of Los Angeles. Combining video, audio, photography, music and film clips to create the ultimate discover tool for Los Angeles.

Our team goal was to create application for a large age range from 12-50 years old and for locals and visitors alike.

We all have experienced audio tours at museums and area of insterest in particular cities but LAugmented allows the user to choose what information they would like to know. In discovering this information LAugmented presents all information in multiple media forms including: text, photographs, video, audio and music. Instead of searching for information on where you are at a certain moment start up LAug-mented Point your Smartphone in any direction and it will do the searching for you. Not only can you search by where you are standing, but those areas surrounding you, even if far off in the distance. Our unique Radial Map View enable the user to have a 360 view of where they are or would like to go.

Smarter Than a Local. Discover LA.

Design & Research

7

IDEA

AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR EXPLORING CULTURE AND HISTORY IN LOS ANGELES

1 Content a. Social aspect b. Media aspect/archive2 Interface a. Social aspect b. Media aspect c. Web d. Future tech

References

Bing Maps | Photo GeotaggingGoogle Maps | General Sreet view with 3D building outline; Sattelite View and Street View

Blaise Aguera y Arcas TED talk 2:35 - 3D data incorporated in street view imagery 3:00 - Flickr geotagged imagery incorporated as overlays over street view imagery this feature is useful for providing context to historical imagery.

5:00 - Video can also be incorporated, especially as more digital video becomes geotagged. This can create a system for future interactive historic preservation.

Augmented reality iPhone appsUsually displays waypoints to find certain locations/dataWikitude (http://www.wikitude.org/) example of this

Pranav Mistry TED talkhttp://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/685SixthSensePersonal projector/camera system that analyzes environmental stimuli and projects relevant imagery wher-ever you are

Wikitude (http://www.wikitude.org/)

8

Media Content

media aspects [ARCHIVE & LIVE FEED, constant updates] (existing and submitted data) Video|Photographs | news clippings |articles

Geographical Breakdown | Regions:

Central LA West Side and The Beach Southbay East Side and Pasadena The Valley

Included Information:

historic landmarks parks art/architecture museums nightlife music general points of interest (bars, homes, pop culture, schools, historical events/activism?) (filming Locations)

References Los Angeles Almanachttp://www.laalmanac.com/

Not For Tourist Guide to LOS ANGELESPirone,Jane. NFT---Not For Tourists Guide to LOS ANGELES 2008. Nor for Tourists, Inc: China, 2007.

Walking L.A.Mahoney, Erin. Walking L.A.. Wilderness Press: Berkley,CA 2006.

Application

11

LAugmented has two modes which were conceived with the idea of macro and micro in mind. The macro mode is City Exploration.

City Exploration presents a map view of Los Angeles, which is divided into Los Angeles Re-gions. For example West Hollywood is a region. Each region such as West Hollywood will be a button that you can tap which will zoom the user into a more detailed map. Waypoints, flagged points of interest, will appear for this area. Each WayPoint is color coated according to how long it will take the user to get there. This feature takes into account mileage, time of day and day of the week therefore optimizing the users LA experience.

Local Exploration presents a map that allows the users to view the area on a street level view. Points of Interest are on a micro level that can be enhanced even farther constantly in a transi-tion from macro to micro. This view will allow the user to choose which media formats they would like to view whether text or just audio media. This media is overlayed on the smartphone image in livefeed.

12

Display Toolsradial map shows you a 360 ariel view map of where you are and features way points that tag where points of interest are located. Then you can use it to zoom in on certain areas or specific places.

Features

Information presented in many different mediums all executed in overlaying media on top of your live camera feed.

Text

Audio

Photographs

Video Overlayed Video from Historic footage Film Clips featuring filming locations. If there was a film shot in your vicenity you will be able to play the clip as an overlay in your live fee.

Music The LAugmented Music Player is accessible in both City Exploration Mode as well as Local Exploration. The music playlist is created from your gps location. LAugemted plays music that has history and is associated with the particular area you are in at the time or driving through. You can learn alot about a city from its music.

icon

icon

icon

icon

icon

display dock The Display Dock is located on the right side of the screen a toggles in and out of view as well as inlarging the buttons as you side your finger across the dock. Buttons included are Display Mode Options and Media Features as well as the LAugmented Music Player.

Display D

ock

icon

icon

icon

icon

icon

13

Screen Shots

Media Content

15

Example Information Database

Audio (examples) Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel Earthquakes noise from Northridge Famous Speechs

Music (the songs if possible should feature Los Angeles in the lyrics; examples)

Pantages Theatre - Plays Soundtrack from the Current Musical Playing Dreamgirls | Feb. 25-April 4 http://discoverlosangeles.com/play/arts-music-and-entertainment/performing-arts/los-angeles- musicals.html

Laurel Canyon Doors (all band member resided there at one time “rustic bohemian enclave) example Song: “L.A. Girls”

Hawthorne The Beach Boys - “California Girls” both born in Hawthorn: Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) - 1946; Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) - 1945

Inglewood “The Beach Boys” born in Inglewood Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) - 1942

Hancock Park Nat “KING” Cole (1948 1st African American to live in Hancock Park) In 1948, Cole purchased a house in the all-white Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Members of the property-owners association told Cole they did not want any undesirables mov ing in. Cole retorted, “Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I’ll be the first to complain.” The Ku Klux Klan, still active in Los Angeles well into the 1950s, responded by placing a burning cross on his front lawn.

Downtown Los Angeles Music Center Walt Disney Concert Hall: California Philharmonic Ahmanson Theatre Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Dunbar Hotel Jazz Musicians that Performed there West Hollywood

16

The Troubador Club 1965: The Byrds, who met at a Monday open mic, perform their classic take on Dylan’s “Tambourine Man” for the first time. | Joni Mitchell makes her Los Angeles debut. 1968 Solo debut in L.A. Neil Young (June)1969 & solo debut James Taylor ( July1969 ) | Miles Davis records the album “Live at the Troubadour” Jan.1975

Hollywood Hollywood Bowl 26,410 paid admissions was set on August 7, 1936, for a performance by the diminutive French opera star, Lily Pons.; In July 11, 1922, with the audience seated on simple wooden benches placed on the natural hillsides of Bolton Canyon, conductor Alfred Hertz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic inaugu rated the first season of music under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl.

Video (examples) Watts Riots Celebrities receiving there stars Video of Historic Moments Video shot and uploaded by Users

Famous Film Locations (examples)

Essential LA Movies Sunset Boulevard (1950) Getty Mansion - 641 N. Irving Boulevard, Midtown, Los Angeles, California, USA (Norma Desmond’s mansion - now demolished) Paramount Gate, Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Bronson Gate - as 5451 Marathon Street)

Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955) Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA (planetarium and climactic shootout)

Chinatown (1974) Big Tujunga Wash at Foothill Blvd., Sunland, Los Angeles, California, USA (dry river bed) Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA (The Mar Vista Rest Home) Canyon Drive, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Blade Runner (1982) Bradbury Building

17

Valley Girl (1983) Venetian Bridges and Gardens, Stockton, California, USA (driving through shopping center and suburban homes) Del Amo Fashion Center - Hawthorne Boulevard & Carson Street, Torrance, California, USA

Pretty Woman (1990) Rex Il Restorante - 617 Olive Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA Las Palmas Hotel - 1738 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA L.A. Story (1991) 1206 N. Orange Grove Avenue, West Hollywood, California, (Harris K. Telemacher’s House) 884 Palm Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California (Trudi’s apartment building - exterior) Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA (entrance & foyer used as “L’Idiot Restaurant”/trellis area used for brunch restaurant/ballroom area used for the El Pollo Del Mar hotel rooms) Los Angeles County Museum of Art - 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA Hollywood Forever Cemetery - 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Old School (2003) Janss Steps, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA Royce Quad, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA Murphy Sculpture Garden - 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA (fountain where “Spanish” gets tackled)

Angels & Demons (2009) Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

First Daughter (2004) Royce Hall - 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA

Transformers & Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (2007 & 2009) Broadway & 8th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA Gas Company Tower (Revenge of the Fallen) Megatron & Starscream retreat to the top of the gas company tower after the battle in a forest killing Optimus Prime.

Prom Night (2008) Millenium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles | 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California

18

Localized Database | Venice

EVENTS

On Friday, March 5, 2010, the G2 Gallery in Venice (1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, 90291) is hosting an urgent “Fill The Bill” reception to support International Bird Rescue and Research Center’s (IBRRC) past, present and future pelican rescue efforts. If you’re not in the area, consider making a donation via their website or check out their wish list to see if you have something that they need.

1st Fridays on Abbot Kinney (www.abbotkinneynow.com) - The merchants of Abbot Kinney invite you to join them on the 1st Friday of every month for extended shopping hours. The next 1st Friday will be March 5th 2010 from 6pm to 10pm. Come stroll down Abbot Kinney Blvd and explore the ever expanding, eclectic mix of boutiques, restaurants, bars and galleries in what has been called “…one of LA’s last strongholds of the independent retailer with attitude”, the place where surf culture meets bohemian chic. So join us on Friday, March 5th and be a part of a nocturnal stroll down the Boulevard. Stores stay open until 10pm.

25th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival - Sunday, September 27, 2009 (10:00am - 6:00pm): The Abbot Kinney Festival has grown to become the second largest community event of its kind in the region. Attendees and participants are best described as adults who are environmentally conscious, focused on health, love animals, enjoy bicycling, family-oriented, unpretentiously hip, and arts-minded. Almost entirely run by volunteers, the popular event was founded by the Abbot Kinney Festival Association (AKFA), which is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation created in 1984 for the purpose of improving the quality of life for the community of Venice and showcasing the eclectic mix of more than 100 busi-nesses on the famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard.

Venice Canal Holiday Boat Parade (the second Sunday of the month of December) - Watch the small, non-motorized boats punt or row down the canals in their finest holiday decor, brilliantly lit and cos-tumed as only Venice can.

Venice Penguin Swim Club (January 1st) - the Annual “Chilly” Swim at noon off the beach north of Venice Blvd. and south of Windward Ave.

Venice Garden & Home Tour (the first weekend in May.) This self-guided tour of local Venice homes and gardens also benefits a local Venice charity.

Venice Annual Art Walk (mid-May) in the Abbot Kinney area, benefitting a local charity.

Venice Beach Carnevale (usually the first weekend in June) - Outdoor musical and dance performanc-es plus lively costumed participants highlight the soul of Venice. Food, fire-spinners, belly dancers, live theatre and prizes for the best dressed.

Venice Championships (Memorial Day Weekend and early September ) and Mr. & Ms. Muscle Beach (July 4th).

19

PLACES

art galleries:Altered Space Gallery

1221 Abbot KinneyVenice, CA 90293310-452-8121

www.alteredspacegallery.com

Balmoral Gallery


Beady Minces Gallery


www.beadyminces.com

Hamilton Press Gallery


www.hamiltonpressgallery.com

Consortium Gallery

1100 Abbot KinneyVenice, CA 90293

310-396-9598

The G2 Gallery


www.theg2gallery.com

Gebert Gallery


www.gebertgallery.com

James Caprell Gallery


www.caprellcollection.com

Red House Gallery


www.redhousegallery.com

Ten Women


www.tenwomengallery.com

music:

Benway Records1600 Pacific Ave.Venice, CA 90291(310) 396-8898

20

Photographs (Venice)

caption

caption

caption

21

Financial District on the left & Bunker Hill District on the Rightleft to Right:Citigroup Center (Formerly known as the 444 Flower Building.) | U.S. Bank Tower (aslo known as the Library Tower be-cause of its location across from the L.A. Central Library) | blank | Gas Company Tower (Headquarters for Southern Califor-nia Gas Company) | Two California Plaza (LA's 3rd Tallest building at 750 ft)

1. Citigroup Center 2. U.S. Bank 3. Millenium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles | 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California | Constructed: 1923 | Archi-tects: Schultze and Weaver | Film Location:

The hotel's lobby was used in Britney Spears' video for Overprotected, and the swimming pool was used in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions.

Scenes from many movies and television shows have been filmed at the hotel, including: Movies: Chinatown, A Star is Born, Splash, Bachelor Party, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, True Lies, Independence Day, Blow; Ocean's 11, The Nutty Professor, Bugsy, Blue Streak, In the Line of Fire, Wedding Crashers, The Italian Job, Daredevil, National Treasure, Spider-man, and Prom Night. The hotel's exterior can also be seen in Heat Television: Charlie's Angels, Columbo, Beverly Hills 90210, ER, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, That '70s Show, Ally McBeal, CSI: New York, Nip/Tuck, 24, and Heroes

4. Gas Company Tower

555 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, California | 34°3’0”N 118°15’11”| 749 feet |Floor Count: 52 Elevators: 28 | Con-structed: 1991 | Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Richard Keating | Owner: Maquire Properties | Elevator shafts and roof area known as "The Ship" by occupants due to its resemblance to the bow of a ship | Film Location: In Transform-ers: Revenge of the Fallen, Megatron & Starscream retreat to the top of the gas company tower after the battle in a forest killing Optimus Prime.; In the 2007 film Fracture, the fictional law firm Wooton & Simms has its office in the Gas Com-pany Tower.; "The Ship" were prominently featured in the opening sequences of the film Speed starring Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock

5. Two California Plaza

Local Exploration Example Information

User Experience

23

Anne MarieAge: 16 Hometown: Santa Monica

Anne Marie lives in Santa Monica and uses LAugmented to discover the history as well as the new hotspots in her area. Her and her friends use LAugmented for everyday walking around the city or if they find themselves without something to do on a Saturday. They even have been able to use LAugmented in their school project on the Santa Monica Community. Her favorite feature is as she travels around town LAugmented display which films have been shot in that location and plays the exact clip. And when Anne Marie visits her grandparents who have lived in West Hollywood for 35 years, she uses it to explore their neighborhood how it looked 30 years ago. She enjoys seeing how her grandparents experienced LA when they were younger.

image of LAugmented Screen Shot Mock up

24

MattAge: 22 Hometown: Kansas CityCutterent area: Downtown LA

hipster | art career ?? (uses the GeoMusic Feature) Starving and Broke looking for things/exploring LA for Free new to the city looking for a job | wanting to get to know the city (mockup of Downtown)

25

SherryAge: 35Hometown: MiamiVisitor

Sherry is currently visiting Los Angeles with her two girlfriends from MIami. As usual Sherry and her friends want to see the typical “tourists” sites but wants to explore the city as if she were a local. In order to explore the city like a local Sherry used LAugmented. The City Exploration view allowed them to learn the expansiveness of the city and where things were located relative to their locations. And as they planned their week in Los Angeles LAugment-ed guided them on what day of the week to visit museums, what time of day and the fastest route. Sherry and her friends enjoyed discovering a little about the history of the city as well as they did in Venice. They were able to listen to music associated with the area, view both video and photographs of the area from the past and from films.

26

LarryAge: 48Hometown: Glendale School Teacher

wife and 2 kids career: Teacher always looking for places to explore with his kids ad educate them

Future Development

laugmented - ucla design media arts / browse...

Documents