Woonbedrijf, an Eindhoven-based housing corporation, wanted to spice up the façade of one of its apartment blocks in the city. Design agencies Studio Maatwerk and Studio 1:1 came up with a new take on the paint job: do it in Augmented Reality. Using the façade as a trigger for an interactive AR artwork on your smartphone, the designers left the building an extension in the digital world. Interesting idea. The artwork, which appears when you point a special app to the marker on the building, consists of a game and an animation developed by students at the Eindhovense School, an academy located next to the building.

“An (…) important part in this project is to give people in public space with a new experience, and to bind people more with their own surroundings. Ideally the students from the Eindhovense School will show the residents living in the apartment buildings how they can play the application on their own façades. And because the students were involved in creating the application, they have something they can be proud of, and care more for their own surroundings.”

Unfortunately the OpenHuisAR (OpenHuisAR) application is only available for Android smartphones, so the game is currently restricted to a happy few. But hey, the idea is nice! Check out the video above to learn more, and click here for more photos of the project.

This article belongs to a series of posts on the future of working, collaboration, architecture and design, presented by HP Designjet printing solutions and written by The Pop-Up City.

Facade for Smartphone Publisher's description

from SBSH Mobile Software LTD

Facade is a highly customizable tab-based Home screen plug-in for Smartphone devices.

Facade is a highly customizable tab-based Home screen plug-in for Smartphone devices. With Facade, you can view your upcoming appointments and tasks directly on your Smartphone Home screen, keeping you up to date on all your important appointments and tasks.

Additionally, Facade puts a launcher tool right onto that same Home screen, allowing you to launch your favorite applications directly from your Home screen with just a single click and monitoring your Smartphone battery and memory status using special meters.

Facade comes with three different professional layout designs.

NEW RELEASE! - Facade 1.4 is here introducing exciting new integration with the new PocketWeather 2.0! Bringing your weather forecast to your Schedule tab display!

Facade Calendar Tab

* View all-day appointments indicator icon and note indicator icon for items including notes
* Optionally delete appointments using the appointment context menu actions
* Preview appointments using Pocket Outlook on WM5 devices in addition to Papyrus
* View 30 days or more of your upcoming appointments right on your Home screen
* Scroll through your appointments directly from your Home screen using your Smartphone joy-pad
* View appointment status icons next to each appointment item
* Choose from various possible actions when clicking the joy-pad action button. Customize the joy-pad action button to perform the actions you want.
* Seamlessly integrate Facade on your Home screen with SBSH Papyrus, our powerful time management system for Smartphones.

Facade Tasks Tab

* View note indicator icon for tasks including notes
* Optionally delete tasks using the task context menu actions
* Preview tasks using Pocket Outlook on WM5 devices in addition to Papyrus
* View a list of all your tasks right on your Home screen
* View task status and priority icons next to each task item on your Home screen
* Complete and activate tasks directly from your Home screen
* View tasks grouped by due date, including undated and overdue tasks

Facade Launcher Tab

* Battery, memory, storage card, signal and battery temperature skin-able meters for tracking your Smartphone system status!
* Simplify Smartphone actions - add Facade's special pre-defined action shortcuts for: Reset, Power Off, Configure, Screen rotate and Reload
* Create speed-dial shortcuts to your contacts using Contact Theme Maker utility by rSquare with easy-to-use PC interface!
* Use the launcher bar as a stand-alone single bar or as a Facade tab
* Create unlimited shortcuts to your favorite software directly on your Home screen
* Create multiple tabs to group your applications into categories within the Home screen launcher
* Easily select any installed program for the launcher tool using Facade settings
* View launcher icons in large or small sizes

NEW! - PocketWeather Integration

* Facade includes special integration with PocketWeather. When using both Facade and PocketWeather on your Smartphone you will enjoy weather forecast details for your home location embedded as part of Facade's Schedule tab display! Creating the most attractive agenda display with integrated weather forecast directly on your Smartphone Home screen!
* PocketWeather integration is available for all devices running both Facade and PocketWeather and equipped with a portrait or landscape QVGA screen

Facade Settings

* NEW! - Customize PocketWeather's forecast display within Facade when using both applications on the same device
* Special plugins-import utility allowing to easily add additional existing plugins to your Facade layout and control plugin order on your Home screen!
* Use shadow fonts for clearer text display! Customize font size, style, color, background color, layout parameters and more!
* Customize and control Facade display using Facade settings
* Automatically insert Facade into any existing Home screen layout
* Facade offers advanced customization capabilities using direct XML layout writing for advanced users. Users can download the Facade XML reference guide from Facade's support section

Facade General Features

* Supports Smartphone 2003, Windows Mobile 5 and new Windows Mobile 6 Standard devices
* Supports all Smartphone device resolutions and orientations, including devices with changing orientation support
* Three optional professional layout designs
* Facade offers powerful customization and skinning capabilities in the Home screen XML file, allowing you to redesign Facade's entire look and feel. Simpler design and layout options are accessible using the Facade configuration tool
* Many great downloadable Facade skins are available for download from our skins page, and on the Facade resources forum at: http://forums.sbsh.net

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