Turadg Aleahmad - Noah Fishel - Amy Lew - Anna Östberg - Jan Zheng

ContinuumActivating the Allegheny Cemetery

What is Continuum?

Continuum is a mobile application to enhance one’s exploration of Allegheny Cemetery. At the entrance to the cemetery is a serene display explaining to an interested visitor what Continuum does and how they can load it onto their phone.

Why Allegheny Cemetery? Historical

Challenging

Unexplored

Research

Site Exploration

Direct Observation

On-site Interviews

Background Research

On-site Research Come to the cemetery

because it feels like a large public park

Come to the cemetery for recreation

Come to the cemetery for solitude

Come to the cemetery to mourn

Background Research

Dow et al. –Exploring spatial narratives and mixed reality experiences in Oakland Cemetery (2005)

“Voices of Oakland”

Audio augmentation to promote storytelling

Jane McGonigal - Graveyard Games (2005)

Situating games like Texas Hold ‘Em within cemetery

Promoting exploration of cemetery by incorporating it into a game

Site Exploration

Solitude

Reflection

Mourning

Silence

Peace

History

Contemplation

Design

Ideation

Design Space

Needs Validation

Encouraging Exploration

Ideation

Let mourners leave physical or virtual tokens

Annotation of sites

Augmented reality of history

Giving or providing directions

Passage through time

Design Space

Success conditions

Amount of guidance

Type of learning

Number of participants

Competition or collaboration

Additive to experience

Byproducts

Needs Validation connect with lives of

deceased

game-like exploration

creative expression

learn about history

discover history

Needs Validation connect with lives of

deceased

game-like exploration

creative expression

learn about history

discover history

Encouraging Exploration Navigation of cemetery –

maps, directions

Passage through time - travel from grave to grave and see different years, historical eras

Connections between people - showing relationships

Why a Mobile Application?

inappropriate to place much signage or technology in a cemetery

individual devices allow for solitude and contemplation

greater flexibility than providing a specialized device

Features

Signage leading to the application itself

Map of the cemetery

Augmented reality capabilities (camera)

Timeline

Search

Signage

Located at the cemetery entrances

Similar to signs in large public spaces in need of navigation, such as national parks

Directs visitors to download the application

Map

Assists in navigating the cemetery

Important graves can be marked on the map for later

Integrates with other features, like timeline

Augmented Reality Provides information based

on location as seen through the camera

Clicking on the name provides more information about the person

Timeline

Enables visitors to select particular periods of time that interest them

Search

Can search for people, places, important events

Search gives flexibility to those who know what they wish to find

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