StarAR is an augmented reality project that combines student-artist-created animations with barn quilts to create a never-seen-before experience of rural Iowa. StarAR encourages family-friendly road trips through the Iowa countryside to experience augmented reality barn quilts.
How It Works
The StarAR website guides visitors to examples of barn quilts, a uniquely American art form. When visitors arrive at the art, they use their mobile devices to experience student-artist animations inspired by each barn quilt. These animations will correspond to a “barn quilt trail” that will serve as a guide for experiencing the Iowa countryside. In a year made challenging by COVID19, StarAR encourages families to make exciting new memories by going on a Spring or Summer adventure searching for contemporary