AR Freedom Stories 2.0
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Free Version
Publisher Description
Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples and the Augmented Reality Lab York University, Toronto, have collaborated to bring you Augmented Reality Freedom Stories. Install the app on your iPhone or iPad, download the flash cards for free at: http://futurestories.ca/tubman/
Print the flash cards. Launch the app, point the camera at the image on each of the cards, and see the intricate augmented reality stories spring to life.
Augmented Reality Freedom Stories highlights seldom told African Canadian histories from the era of the Canada/US Underground Railroad including Harriet Tubman's efforts to bring American slaves to freedom in Canada. Primary and secondary documents have been hand-crafted in consultation with community partners into a unique experience that has been approved for use as part of an Ontario primary school curriculum as part of the Breaking the Chains history project.
This experience works best on iPhone 4s or later. Images may appear slowly on iPhone 4.
Credits
Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Founding Director, Paul E. Lovejoy, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Africa History; Principle investigator, Breaking the Chains.
Acting Director, Michele Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate and Project Manager, Karolyn Smardz Frost, Ph.D.
Research Collaborators:, Mark Affum, Rosa Berdejo-Williams, Diana Braithwaite, Hilary Dawson, Nikola Dimitrijevic, Kendra Ferris, Clinton J. Green, Natasha Henry, Amrita Kaldher, Alanna McKnight, Adrienne Shadd, Christopher Stuart Taylor, David Vavala, Alykhan Visram.
With Support From: Carlos Algondana, Shiemara Hogarth, Asif Mohammed, Rafael Slobodian, Ugochi Umeugo.
The Augmented Reality Lab, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Director, Caitlin Fisher, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture
Project Manager and Lead Developer, Andrew Roth
Design Team: Laura Portia Zeno, Tristan Prescott
Made possible with funding by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Program.
Community Partners: Essex County Black Historical Research Society; North American Black Historical Museum, Amherstburg; Windsor Public Library; NorthStar Community Centre at Windsor, Ontario; the Michigan Underground Railroad Network to Freedom; Detroit River International Historic Site Initiative; Nathaniel Dett Memorial Chapel and the Norval Johnson Library at Niagara Falls; Central Ontario Network for Black History; St. Catharines Museum; Salem Chapel, St. Catharines; Sandwich Baptist Church; Wellington County Historical Society; Black Pioneers of Wellington County; Buxton Museum and National Historic Site.
For Sharing Documents and Photographs: Archives of Ontario; City of Toronto Archives; Library and Archives Canada; Marsh Historical Collection, Amherstburg; Diana Braithwaite and Family; Michael Mings, Murphy and Griffith Families, Shrewsbury; Carlos and Wendy Fergueson; Ross and Georgina Thompson; Wilma Morrison; Donna Ford; Lawrence Hall; Karolyn Smardz Frost.
Special thanks to: Eva Salter, Regional Advisor, Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Naomi Norquay, Faculty of Education, York University; Archives of Ontario, City of Toronto Archives, Marsh Historical Collection; Future Cinema Lab at York University; to everyone who helped make this project possible... Including you!
Dec 1, 2017
Version 2.0
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
iOS 11 compatible.
Smaller download.
Track up to 4 targets at once.
About AR Freedom Stories
AR Freedom Stories is a free app for iOS published in the Kids list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops AR Freedom Stories is Andrew Roth. The latest version released by its developer is 2.0.
To install AR Freedom Stories on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2017-12-01 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the AR Freedom Stories as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install AR Freedom Stories on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the AR Freedom Stories is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After AR Freedom Stories is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
