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WebAR - here and how - part 1

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WebAR is here In my first post on this blog in Oct 2019, I proposed that when an open source platform arrived that could support GEO Location for AR, it would be a game changer in many ways. " The young generations of digital natives who are used to this technology will be the guerilla artists of tomorrow. AR/MR platforms will continue to spring up becoming open source and content rich. Tech savvy kids and artists will add their own content and put it ANYWHERE. As geo-location becomes more accurate and remote, they'll be able to do this without even leaving home, having just the coordinates of the display destination at their disposal ." Well...it's here AR.js Studio   This stunningly generous piece of open source software comes from a team across the world but headed up in Italy by Nicolò Carpignoli from Chialab. What does this mean for us as artists?  It means we're free to play with the real world! It means that we don&