The Computer History Museum (CHM) today announced a new, enhanced augmented reality public mobile tour of its landmark "Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing" exhibition. Leveraging Google's Tango technology with GuidiGo's new augmented reality (AR) platform, ...
This one-hour tour features 31 of the most important artifacts and stories from the exhibition's 1,000+ unique artifacts. Narrated by NPR correspondent Laura Sydell, this tour features insider stories from CHM staff and volunteers, voices of computer pioneers such as Gordon Moore and Ed Catmull, historical images, and beautiful photographs of computing artifacts. Visitors can use Lenovo Phab 2 Pro powered by Tango to experience a virtual demonstration of the popular Babbage Engine, one of the first automatic computing engines. This highly detailed 3-D model of Babbage's Difference No. 2 allows visitors to explore it from every angle and even zoom in to see high levels of detail. Video hot spots provide a curated demonstration of the engine's various features.
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