Remember the good old days when we went to Cubbon Park to catch some rare Pokemon? And once that fad died down, it became a place where you’d visit on Sundays to see them puppers and doggos at the Dog Park. Well, FlippAR, a mobile-based platform that helps unlock stories from physical spaces, is bringing another reason for you to go back to Cubbon Park and enjoy the rich history and stories through Augmented Reality.
With tonnes of interesting landmarks, monuments, and statues in and around cities, there's a dearth of information on them. For instance, do you know whose statue is outside the library? Hint: It’s not anyone called Cubbon. Well, with the FlippAR app you can find out who’s statue it is. Just point your phone to the other monuments and statues within the park and boom, you get rich, curated, multimedia information via the AR technology of the app. This actually works for most major historical landmarks across the city, including MG Road. Some of them also include old photos of how the place looked originally!
FlippAR is bringing this AR in association with Government of Karnataka along with the Tourism Department and KBITS. Download the app for Google Play Store and iStore. What's awesome is that the app has a bunch of places around Karnataka like Hampi, Bijapur, Halebidu and other locations with historical relevance, as well as other ones in other states like Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai among others. We also spotted Kenya, Pompeii, and Paris, so if you've got travel plans, or want the experience without leaving home, this is a good option!