CROSSING SOUTH GEORGIA

Australian National Maritime Museum

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DESCRIPTION

Client: Australian National Maritime Museum

Sound, Design & Programming: Scott Ashton

Exhitbition Design: Chris Mether

3D Modelling: Jack Crosby

Animation: Emma Kelly

Date: April 2015

After reaching South Georgia, the weary crew had to face the reality of landing on the wrong side of the island.  Accompanied by 2 others, Shackleton navigated unmapped mountain ranges to eventually reach the Stromness whaling station.

Visitors see a rendering of South Georgia rebuilt from satellite data, overlaid on a 3d printed version of the island,  Atop the landscape, parts of the story are retold. "Easter Egges" are scattered throughout the island, beautifully modeled and animated Antarctic animals, or see Frank Hurley's stunning original colour paget plates.  

TECHNICALS

Hardware: iPad Air 2

Platform: Unity 3D using Vuforia SDK

Language: C# and GLSL

We built South Georgia from a variety of satellite sources, and then used that data to 3d print a version of the island.    The AR renders over the entire table, which makes for a challenging tracking scenario when an iPad can be moved very close to the table.

(c) LOST IN THE MACHINE 2019