The Magic of Mobile WebAR

Using nothing but a smartphone’s web browser and camera, imagine scanning any everyday US quarter and suddenly George Washington comes to life to challenge you to a game of trivia.

This was a recent challenge for U.Group with one of our government customers, and unlike most magicians in this talk I reveal exactly how we did it.
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Presented at UXCamp DC, January 30, 2021.

WRITING

Sight & Foresight: Helping First Responders Visualize the Future in AR with Spatial Data, U.Group, with Nathan Sidles

Building Better APIs Through Human-Centered Design, U.Group, with Nathan Sidles

Football Fields to Battlefields: Mixed Reality is Training’s Next Frontier, U.Group

U.Group Glimpses the Future of Mixed Reality, U.Group

Reality Check: 3 Things We’re Excited About in AR, VR, and Mixed Reality, U.Group

Augmenting Model Selection: AR/VR as a Decision Support System for Machine Learning, U.Group

PRESENTATIONS

Jordan standing with a visual poster of notes from a talk on the 7 Senses of Architecture
Standing with an awesome graphic facilitation by Erin Nicole Gordon of my 7 Senses of Architecture talk at World IA Day DC.

The Magic of Mobile WebAR, Presentation for UXCamp DC, January 2021, Washington, DC  

The Magic of Mobile WebAR, Presentation for MAVRIC, September 2020, Washington, DC

Sight and Foresight: Making Predictive Visualizations in Disaster Response Situations with AR, Spatial Data, and Data Science, Presentation for VRARA Global Summit, September 2020, Washington, DC

From Football Field to Battlefield: Accelerated Training in Mixed Reality, Presentation for MAVRIC, September 2019, Washington, DC

Organic Architecture for Immersive AR, VR, and Mixed Reality, The IA Conference, March 2019, Orlando, FL‍

Emerging Technology Panel, U.Group’s SXSW Austin Oasis, March 2019

‍7 Senses of Architecture for Building Accessible Immersive Experience, World IA Day DC, February 23, 2019, Arlington, VA

Mixed Reality for Mission Impact, Presentation for MAVRIC, October 2018, College Park, MD‍

Prototyping Immersive UX Content with WebVR, Presentation for VRUXDC, May 2018, Arlington, VA

‍Designing Magic Moments, Presentation for UXCamp DC, January 2018, Washington DC and VRUXDC, August 2017, Arlington, VA

‍Making the Move to Mixed Reality, Tech talk presented at Microsoft Build, May 2017, Seattle, WA.

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