Creatng an interstitial fold between the virtual and real space using a real time mobile design tool in a locative media context

1. Trodn a locative media project Michael Sarroff and David Bartolo

2. Trodn Mobile Learning Location Awareness Its not only about GPS location M-learning uses mobile devices to enhance learning

3. Michel de Certeau states that it is not the city infrastructure that gives it life but the people who walk and live through it. Each person with their own story contributes to writing a city narrative but de Certeau infers they cannot read it as a whole. Trodn – Location Aware

4. Trodn – Mobile Learning Mobile technology in its current form is best suited to support constructivist , behavourist and collaborative learning. (after Winters,2006)

5. The aim of this project is to use the situated place as novel learning platform that will provide an immersive and fresh approach to the relationship between form and function. (after Paul Carter - Material Thinking ) Trodn – Aim

6. The creation of a real time design and evaluation tool should act as a hook to motivate and focus the user into changing their understanding of their world and the relationships of its elements. The immediacy of the realisation is the interstitial fold And..

7. The Prototype proposal This project proposes the design of a collaborative training tool for planning students. The scenario would typically involve a group undertaking a joint planning exercise, and would consist of various components that allow pre and post visualization, and collaborative design in both the virtual and physical worlds.

9. The Concept – Scenario 1 – Mobile UI

11. The Concept – Scenario 2 Objects appear in replica location in SL with markers

13. The Concept – Scenario 3 – Mobile UI

15. Coding Flow Chart