BBC Launches AR Smartphone App to Coincide With 'Civilisations' Series
The BBC is launching its first augmented reality smartphone app as part of the launch of the "Civilisations" series coming this spring. The "Civilisations" AR app, developed by BBC R&D and Nexus Studios, will enable people to explore a virtual…
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art exhibition whenever and wherever they want, said the BBC. In the app, a “magic spotlight” allows users to uncover annotations, audio and imagery for each exhibit; an “X-ray” option lets them see through or inside an object, such as seeing through a sarcophagus to the mummy inside; the restoration feature lets users rub through the layers of history, as if polishing a metal chalice or bringing back color to a faded sculpture; and the navigation feature lets users browse the exhibition geographically using an AR globe, it said. BBC’s R&D arm developed a tool called SOMA (single operator mixing application), a browser-based mixer that lets an operator cut between cameras, prerecorded video, audio and graphics for live broadcast from a remote location via the internet, it said. It also made available a 360-degree video tool to immerse people in a 360 environment with 3D audio.