“Desiderium – What Stood Here: Exploring immersive documentary practice through 3DGS and land art” is an augmented reality land art installation combining a physical artefact, practical lighting, and a real-time 3D AR environment to visualise a representation of one of New Zealand’s least-known environmental atrocities, the loss of 99% of the ngāhere|forest in Banks Peninsula.
The team recently took a trip to Ōtepatotu Scenic Reserve on Banks Peninsula to scan an ancient tōtara and the plants that grow around it, so that they can be recreated digitally in the AR environment.
The project is a collaboration between UC Digital Screen and the UC Arts Digital Lab, funded by the UC Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund.