First Augmented Reality Mural on the Sunshine Coast

 

Caloundra’s newest mural is literally jumping off the wall and into the record books as the Sunshine Coast’s first public artwork to use augmented reality. Commissioned by Sunshine Coast Council with support from Downtown Caloundra taskforce, it is an initiative of the new Sunshine Coast Arts Plan 2018-2038 and aligning with the vision to be healthy, smart, creative, the new work is titled The Looking Glass Fish in the Deep Hue Sea. It is a collaboration between Melbourne-based artist George Rose and digital artist Stu Campbell (Sutu), founder of the EyeJack app - a free platform where visitors can view the animated work on any mobile device. The mural is inspired by local Sunshine Coast fauna and flora – Agassiz perchlet, Dog Roses and Ravine Orchids - and when the EyeJack app is downloaded onto a mobile device, the fish literally come away from the wall and swim around people, and the flowers open and close. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoas... Tweet us: https://twitter.com/CouncilSCC Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/1fBxXA3 Sign up for daily news: http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au