Emerging Technology

Augmented Reality Design

Designing for spatial computing — where digital and physical worlds converge. AR experiences built in coursework and independent research at ASU.

DisciplineAR / XR

CategoryEmerging Technology

Year2024–25

StatusCompleted

Included Works

The Architecture of Type — AR lecture poster series

Modularity poster from The Architecture of Type lecture series on graph paper

Overview

A collection of augmented reality design projects produced during coursework and independent research at Arizona State University. These projects explore how spatial computing can merge digital information seamlessly with physical environments.

Designing for AR requires understanding user behavior in physical space, spatial hierarchy, depth cues, and the limits of overlaid interfaces. Each project in this series pushes the boundary between screen-based interaction and spatial experience.

Project 01 — The Architecture of Type

Type is built, not accidental.

A lecture series poster system that treats letterforms as structure. Each poster takes one idea from the talk, Gesture, Alignment and Modularity, and stages it across Latin, Devanagari and Arabic scripts, from hand-drawn gesture to aligned typography to modular digital systems.

The posters are designed to be viewed through augmented reality, where the printed surface becomes the stage and the structure behind each letterform is revealed in space. Lecture by Purvi Thawrani, 1:00 pm onwards, Rio Salado Pkwy 85128, AZ.

Gesture poster for The Architecture of Type lecture, with hand-drawn Devanagari letterforms, a red dot and monospaced event details, clipped to a taupe wall — Fig. 01Gesture: hand-drawn, scribbled Devanagari strokes and a single red bindu. The structure is a mark made by a hand.

Alignment poster on ruled notebook paper showing Latin, Devanagari, Arabic and serif lettering sitting on shared baselines — Fig. 02Alignment: ruled notebook lines set a shared baseline, x-height and cap height so four scripts can sit on one system.

Modularity poster on graph paper showing the letters a, a Devanagari ka and an Arabic form at two sizes over a tinted module grid — Fig. 03Modularity: graph paper and tinted grid cells break each letter into repeatable parts, shown at small and large scale.

Screen Recordings

The AR layer in motion.

Recordings of the augmented reality experience captured on device, showing how the poster responds as the viewer moves around it.

Video 01Screen recording of the poster experience in AR.

Video 02A second pass through the AR experience.

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The AR layer in motion.

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