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Augmented Reality in Documentary

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This chapter considers how augmented reality in documentary might be conceptualized in terms of ways that material and perceptual reality are augmented by virtual and machine-generated layers. We argue for uses of digital technologies, including mobile apps, and projection mapping, when they augment what passes as reality. We examine documentaries from Canada, China, México, and United States, tracing a three-stage process of how . Emmanuel Anguiano, Leslie Garcia, Paloma López, and Felipe Rebolledo's ; S. Topiary Landberg's ; Yi Cui's ; Jennifer Norton, Matt Rogalsky, Laura Murray, and Dorit Naaman's ; and Liz Miller and MJ Thompson's use machine vision to visualize invisible histories, such as natural and built environments that no longer exist, and invisible realities, such as air pollution and extinct species.

Keywords: augmented reality (AR) ; documentary ; environmental crisis ; extinction ; gentrification ; pollution ; slow cinema

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Augmented Reality in Documentary
Intellect , 459 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781835950685_28
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