ARpoise vs Ars Moriendi

ARpoise is an augmented reality app that enables you to view the AR artworks like "Evolution of Fish", "Lotus Meditation" or "Suspended Spring." "Lotus Meditation" is a geo-locative artwork that can be viewed anywhere in the world to mediate on the Lotus Sutra. It was developed for the Kennin-ji Zen Temple in Kyoto, where it premiered on March 14 2019 as part of the "Art Innovation" Exhibition and Symposium. To use "Lotus Meditation," start the app, then cup your smartphone between your two hands. Search for the lotus flowers that surround you. Gently focus on one of the flowers in the middle of your screen until it enlarges to envelope you. In its heart you will find a special surprise.

The Ars Moriendi app allows you to play a work of Augmented Reality. Art created by John Sanborn (with Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, Lali Wilde and Sanjeev Pillutla) installed at Ideal Glass Studios, in New York City. Without the app the viewer sees nothing in the space, just the furnishings. However, using the app reveals over 30 icons, each of which triggers a paired video clip, activated by the viewer’s proximity to the trigger. Viewers can play the video clips of Ars Moriendi in any order they choose, creating their own version of a nonlinear story, where each clip adds more surprising elements that inspire and amuse. The resulting experience is an off-beat ghost story, featuring Norma and Maria, departed souls who joke, gossip and reflect on their lives after death.