Augmented Reality Window: Digital reconstruction of a historical and cultural site for smart phones

Due to the city development projects in Seoul, ‘Pimatgol’ a historical and cultural site has been disappeared and rebuilt. There have been many efforts to reconstruct this kind of historical and cultural sites by using technology. We have reconstructed ‘Pimatgol’ with digital photos from the past taken by members of the community. Augmented Reality Window (AR Window) is an Augmented Reality application for reconstructing ‘Pimatgol’ for smart phones. User can see the past scenes over present scenes in their phones through AR Window. User can experience multiple interactions like blowing a breath, wiping with a finger and touching buttons on a phone. We concentrated on how this case affects user's emotion. AR Window opens a new way for digital reconstruction for smart phones which can raise awareness from the members of the community.