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Augmented Reality Art

From an Emerging Technology to a Novel Creative Medium

  • Explores augmented reality as a novel artistic medium and covers cultural, social, spatial and cognitive facets of augmented reality art
  • Pioneering book on emerging augmented reality art
  • Written by a team of world-leading artists, researchers and practitioners from around the globe
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Cultural Computing (SSCC)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Emerging Augmented Reality Technology and the Birth of Augmented Reality Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Augmented Reality Activism

      • Mark Skwarek
      Pages 3-29
  3. Augmented Reality as a Novel Artistic Medium

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Digital Borders and the Virtual Gallery

      • Jacob Garbe
      Pages 139-147
    3. Immersive Art in Augmented Reality

      • Todd Margolis
      Pages 149-159
    4. Skin to Skin: Performing Augmented Reality

      • Kim Vincs, Alison Bennett, John McCormick, Jordan Beth Vincent, Stephanie Hutchison
      Pages 161-174
  4. Cultural, Social, Spatial and Cognitive Facets of Augmented Reality Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Augmenting the Archaeological Record with Art: The Time Maps Project

      • DragoÅŸ Gheorghiu, Livia Åžtefan
      Pages 255-276
    3. Spatial Narratives in Art

      • Simona Lodi
      Pages 277-294

About this book

Written by a team of world-renowned artists, researchers and practitioners - all pioneers in using augmented reality based creative works and installations as a new form of art - this is the first book to explore the exciting new field of augmented reality art and its enabling technologies.   

As well as investigating augmented reality as a novel artistic medium the book covers cultural, social, spatial and cognitive facets of augmented reality art.  Intended as a starting point for exploring this new fascinating area of research and creative practice it will be essential reading not only for artists, researchers and technology developers, but also for students (graduates and undergraduates) and all those interested in emerging augmented reality technology and its current and future applications in art.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Art and Media, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Vladimir Geroimenko

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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 109.00
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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