MaelStrom AR

Free

1.2for iPhone, iPad

IDIA Lab

Developer

Feb 23, 2018

Update Date

Entertainment

Category

App Store

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MaelStrom AR Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About MaelStrom AR

MaelStrom AR is an augmented reality installation designed by artist John Fillwalk in collaboration with IDIA Lab (Neil Zehr, Aaron Anderson, and David Rodriguez). This work visualizes live weather data from Washington DC to inform virtual wind direction and speed. This data affects the creation of virtual paper airplanes/messages that fall from above onto the ground, enveloping the viewer within a swirling circular mass of objects. In this multi-user networked mobile artwork, participants are assigned a unique color upon launching, through which they can paint nearby airplanes and also physically move them through walking and collision. The surrounding environment of the user is scanned by the software and is used to create physical interactions with the AR objects. In addition to hue, participants in MaelStrom AR are also assigned a unique tone that blends to form a chorus of sound in the space. In this work, the viewer becomes a participant in a constant stream of messaging and data – playfully affecting its design while collaborating with other users.

This project makes early use of Apple’s ARkit and iOS11 and is for iPhone 6 and newer.
2018