Workshop to create an augmented-reality (AR) app

Time stands still and you’re transported to the age of the Greek Enlightenment, when the Rigas Feraios Charta inspired the Revolution of 1821.

With the help of the technology of augmented reality, we will interact with this historic map, identifying the symbols depicted on it—including 162 ancient coins, a lion, Heracles and an Amazon, and an ancient Greek theater.

Using AR, you can make these symbols pop and come alive in the Onassis Library.

Thanks to the program 3D Studio Max, and working together with your fellow students, you’ll create three-dimensional animated graphics and create an app for a tablet or cell phone, using the Unity 3D function for real-time graphics.

The symbols of the Charta may be right at your side. Can you see them?

Photo: Natália Zajačiková", work: "DUST"

Credits

3D Graphics & Game Developer, Software & Media Administrator, Onassis Stegi
Kostas Diamantis
Ph.D. History of Cartography, General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archive of Macedonia & Cartographic Heritage Archives
Maria Pazarli
Science and Technology Historian, Onassis Library Coordinator
Viky Gerontopoulou
Professor of Human Geography & Thematic Cartography, Geography Department, Harokopio Universit
Thomas Maloutas
PhD candidate, Geography Department, Harokopio University
Christoforos Vradis
Academic Fellow, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business
Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis

Conditions

Each school group that is selected will take part in one of the four workshops. The workshops consist of four three-hour meetings, to be held at the school itself and either the Onassis Library (Amalias 56) or the Onassis Stegi. On Saturday, 14 March 2020 the Onassis Stegi will host a presentation of the schools’ digital projects.