Travel back in time to Pittsburgh’s Historic South Side. This Bowser-Based Web Application utilizes GPS and historical photographs to transport you back in time. Since this application is Browser-Based there is no need to go to the App Store, download and install an app, just click and go.
As you walk down East Carson Street between 10th and 24th Streets a map is automatically displayed showing your location. If you stand at the locations indicated on the map and look in the direction shown, you will see the South Side as it is now compared to what it looked like then.
PMS Microdesign brings 360° virtual reality to the Web. No need for expensive VR glasses and high-end gaming computers. Just your phone and $5 smartphone glasses are all you need for full 3D stereo viewing. Using Web standards and our open-source JavaScript frameworks will enable your WebVR to run on all platforms with a single build. Modern browsers incorporate high performance APIs running at CPU speed for accelerated 3D graphics (WebGL/Three.js) and spatial audio (Web Audio API). Dynamic 360° virtual reality content can be created in minutes using low-cost 360° cameras and Google Street View. 360 VR is the next best thing to being there.
Fully rendered virtual reality experiences can be easily created using 3D models and scenes from www.turbosquid.com and our open-source JavaScript frameworks. We have over 15 years experience developing virtual reality systems including a virtual reality simulation of schizophrenia that appeared on ABC News 20/20.
SouthSideGo is a full-featured Web Application based on Pokémon Go.
No one would have believed in the early years of the twenty-first century that our world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than ours. H. G. Wells, “War of the Worlds”
The first wave came as Robots from Space, void of life, only to destroy our world to make way for theirs. Within hours the South Side was deserted with only a few to save our planet. A squadron of Flying Saucers descended, dropping Energy Canisters on the sidewalks, Robots in the streets that emit lethal Energy Beams and Insect Robots guarding the side streets. It is your job to eliminate the threat by physically walking up and down East Carson Street destroying the robots. Points collected can be redeemed at local South Side businesses.
The South Side Shopping utilizes interactive 3D graphics and cutting edge augmented reality technology to blur the boundary between reality and fantasy. Combining real time GPS updated scene control with physical location parameters enables visitors of Pittsburgh’s historic South Side to easily locate points of interests including restaurants, shopping, entertainment and professional services using their Smartphone. A simple touch of the 3D generated color-coded signs brings up the businesses Facebook page to help in making quick and reliable decisions on where to go. The Southside App was developed using advanced Web technology requiring no installation, automatic updates and ultrafast performance.
South Side Zombies is an Open-Source HTML5 JavaScript Web Application developed using Three.js and runs on all platforms including mobile and Google Cardboard VR. It is a points generating video game where the player must eliminate a horde of Zombies riding Segways on an apocalyptic East Carson Street between 10th and 14th Street.