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  • People walk a podwalk in Marken towards a bridge. There are many green houses with orange roofs.
  • People walk a podwalk in Marken along the quay with boats, next to which are green houses with white fences.

"Het water komt" prototype

A podwalk with AR

2023

For the upcoming series "Het water komt," the innovation team of NTR wanted to investigate whether a podwalk in combination with AR would be a good match. To validate this, I developed a prototype in two weeks. With this prototype, a podwalk could be walked in Marken, and there were AR points where a 3D model was shown on location. By testing this prototype with the target audience, we could quickly gain insights into the potential of this combination.

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