Motherboard: Adrian Duke showed me his phone while we stood outside Vancouver's Skwachàys Lodge. An animated raven popped up to tell me the story behind this boutique hotel, which houses Indigenous artists and their works. The raven was modelled on a commissioned painting by Garnet Tobacco, whose other paintings are on display inside the gallery.
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As far as I've noticed, there's been more of a push to support and preserve native cultures and languages in all countries these days. However, while people are working to preserve and protect, they're not really working to learn. The extent to which the average person learns about indigenous peoples is in history classes. I think this augmented reality app is a great idea; it will bring the stories from the insular cultures in which they originated to the public eye. Although the majority of people who download the app will be people already interested and perhaps already a bit knowledgeable about the stories, it will also without a doubt reach further and younger audiences. Augmented reality is a cool new thing, and if advertising is played right, that can be used to put this app into the hands of many who would not have even thought about it before. I think it's really important to learn about the cultures around us. There is so much confusion and hatred in this world that stems simply from ignorance -- not in the sense of stupidity (well not all the time) but from just not knowing.
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