Overview
- Field Trip: National Road Museum
- Historical AR Research
- Niantic SDK Experimentation
- Storyboards
- Challenges
- Next Week’s Goals
Field Trip: National Road Museum
This week began with an exciting field trip across state lines to the National Road & Zane Grey Museum in Ohio! There, we got a crash course on the history of the National Road and the evolution of transportation in the United States from the very knowledgeable Betsy Taylor.
The museum has a very impressive diorama spanning over 100 feet long which represents over 700 miles of road across more than a century of growth and change. The dioramas—all hand-painted and sculpted—tell a compelling story of who was traveling across the road over the years and the types of buildings and towns that emerged to support commerce and traffic. Supplementing the dioramas are real examples of the vehicles used to traverse the road, including the iconic Conestoga wagon, along with early automobiles and bicycles before the invention of the bike chain. The charm of the dioramas and the surprise of witnessing the true scale of the real historical artifacts are emotions we want to capture with our project.
On the way to and from the museum, we also got to briefly stop by an S-bridge, which is a type of structure built to connect segments of the road that were not fully aligned on either side of a river—these were common since the National Road was built in small, disjoint portions rather than as one continuous stretch. We also saw sections of National Route 40, the modern legacy of this history.
Historical AR Research
Niantic SDK Experimentation
Storyboards
Challenges
Next Week’s Goals
- Preparing for Quarters presentation on Wednesday
- Synthesize Quarters feedback and decide on a solid direction to begin prototyping
