Indigital is a mash-up of the words “Indigenous” and “digital”. It uses augmented reality to tell Indigenous stories. This is an Australian based digital storytelling app that uses artwork at the physical space that the user holds up to the piece, and the app recognizes the artwork and tells a story around that piece of Indigenous art. The traditional artists who own the work are involved in the creation of the storytelling part. This app started in 2012 when AR was relatively new; think, Pokémon Go was released in 2016. The app was created to help protect the oral traditions that are being lost along with the loss of elders. It’s a wonderful combination of technology both new and old. In my opinion, this is very much like Canadian Wikiupedia that I have posted in M2: P2: Wikiupedia, but for some reason this has taken off unlike its Canadian counterpart.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this, Neal. I am interested in learning more about AR. It is such a fascinating concept.