By Michael Elioff
Feb 22, 2021 11:35 AM
Exar Studios is a local startup that specializes in Augmented Reality. They have worked with the City and with Museums to create experiences that can be viewed using their Engage Art app. For their latest project, they have partnered with Western’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) to host a competition.
The Augmented Good Competition is the first of its kind. Exar’s Chief Growth Officer Ben Switzer spoke on how the competition got started.
“We were having discussions with Professor Mensink, he’s our partner there at the university. We were really discussing ways that technology can expand education in various ways. In particular, we were discussing how data that is telling a certain story about the environment can be conveyed in a way that’s beautiful, engaging, and different.”