Entry #18

Virtualpedia

Takashi Honzawa

Meran Chan

A proposal to use augmented reality to let people see both the past and anticipated future of the city. The virtual environments — both the past and the future environments — can be edited by anyone, and are accessed through either smartphones, or VR goggles which are provided for free use at select locations.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    2  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
    1  (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific)
• • Degree of commercial potential
    2  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    Not Applicable  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    2  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)