you get directions to different historic attractions, it lets you explore more around the city, inspect information about each building, get who built it, when it was built all those sort of things that you might be wondering as you re walking around but you actually get to see that in a visual way. it s using google geospatial anchors, so what that does is it anchors the augmented reality experiences direct to pinpoint accuracy within the city. 0n the ground there, on the cobbles, it says the new port gate. this is an old gate that used to block off the city. click on this coin and then, it recreates it in front of you. incredible. the app is free to use but developing it has cost the local council £200,000. they re hoping that will prove worth it. our economy relies upon visitors, especially of tourism. the key thing about the app is the fact that you cannot view, you know, everything that it has to offer from your home or from anywhere else in the world you physically have to b
because stirling now has an augmented reality layer to its streets, allowing visitors to explore and learn about its history. you get directions to different historic attractions. it lets you explore more around the city, inspect information about each building, get who built it, when it was built. all those sort of things that you might be wondering as you re walking around, but you actually get to see that in a visual way. it s using google geospatial anchors. so, what that does is, it anchors the augmented reality experiences direct to pinpoint accuracy within the city. on the ground there, on the cobbles, it says the new port gate. this is an old gate that used
you get directions to different historic attractions, it lets you explore more around the city, inspect information about each building, get who built it, when it was built all those sort of things that you might be wondering as you re walking around but you actually get to see that in a visual way. it s using google geospatial anchors, so what that does is it anchors the augmented reality experiences direct to pinpoint accuracy within the city. on the ground there, on the cobbles, it says the new port gate. this is an old gate that used to block off the city. click on this coin and then, it recreates it in front of you. incredible. the app is free to use but developing it has cost the local council £200,000. they re hoping that will prove worth it. our economy relies upon visitors, especially of tourism. the key thing about the app is the fact that you cannot view, you know, everything that it has
the technology being used here means visitors aren t forced to follow a set trail. they can go where they like and find out information along the way. 0n the ground there, on the cobbles, it says the new port gate. this is an old gate that used to block off the city. click on this coin, and then it recreates it in front of you. incredible. yeah. and this is part of a gamified element of the app, where you can actually collect the keys to it, and then lock the gates later on to sort of protect the city from invaders. and that car had no idea it was going through. no! it s brilliant, yeah. and it s notjust artists impressions you can unlock, but you can also go back in time through photos. and there s items to collect, as well. tell me about collecting. what s that in the app? well, what we ve done is, throughout the city, we ve got all these little coins dotted around, and when you tap on them, they unlock a story close to that area. so, right here we ve got the stirling wolf, which ov
that in a visual way. it s using google geospatial anchors so, what that does is it anchors the augmented reality experiences direct to pinpoint accuracy within the city. on the ground there, on the cobbles, it says the new port gate. this is an old gate that used to block off the city. click on this coin, and then it recreates it in front of you. incredible. the app is free to use but developing it has cost the local council £200,000. they re hoping that will prove worth it. our economy relies upon visitors, especially of tourism. the key thing about the app is the fact that you cannot view, you know, everything that it has to offer from your home, orfrom anywhere else in the world. you physically have to be here, and you physically have to move around stirling, which also impacts the businesses, as well. for stirling, the short term success will be if the app attracts visitors in the coming summer season. but the long term success will be determined by how it is developed over