Metroscope

Metroscope

Map
High tech gadget
Urban furniture

The Metroscope is a service design project for la RATP (parisian subway and bus company) imagined by students at ENSCI - Les Ateliers.
Metroscope offers subway travellers a view of the city surface above by providing them contextualized artistic media, in a low-tech 3D map, whether it was made by a famous artist or an anonymous inhabitant.
People can simply access this content by just capturing a picture from the tags displayed upon the train's roof (using OCR technology).

Actors: ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Supèrieure de Création Industrielle, RATP, FING (Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération), CiTU.

Location: Paris

Walking

Comments

Feb 2, 09 Sophie:

Belle vidéo! Et bon concept aussi! Ça rendrait les trajets moins longs et chiants...

Mar 13, 09 Anon-y-mouse:

Cela me fascine. Comment ca fonctionne?

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