Waag (BY-NC-ND)
Shelly Chuang, intern for Waag’s Mixed Reality for Heritage project, tested out the newly developed prototypes at Garage Kempering in Amsterdam Zuid-Oost, which encourages users to explore the past of the garage by moving towards pictures scattered in the plot. She experienced that Mixed Reality enabled her to step out of her comfort zone and break social codes. In this blog, Shelly shares how that works.
In the three years I have lived in the Netherlands, I haven’t had a reason to visit Bijlmer Oost until the beginning of March this year. The 53 metro line towards Gaasperplas showed me a completely different image of Amsterdam, and across from the busy Kraaiennest metro station, there is an empty lot that stands out abruptly in the crowded and lively neighbourhood K-buurt. This is where the Garage Kempering used to be.