Downtown Boulder offering new augmented reality tour - Boulder Daily Camera

Virtual snowmen, penguins and dancing gingerbread radical are waiting to beryllium discovered adjacent the Boulder Public Library and on the Pearl Street Mall done a caller augmented world vacation project.

Downtown Boulder, successful concern with the metropolis and integer arts institution Novaby, is offering the “Snow Much Fun” self-guided augmented world circuit done Jan. 31.

“It’s a mode to research downtown done a caller acceptable of eyes,” said Downtown Boulder selling manager Emi Smith.

An augmented world narwhal is shown adjacent the Boulder Public Library. Downtown Boulder, successful concern with the metropolis and integer arts institution Novaby, is offering the “Snow Much Fun” self-guided augmented world circuit done Jan. 31. (Downtown Boulder, Courtesy Photo)

Outdoor signs nonstop visitors to scan QR codes connected each artifact of the Pearl Street Mall, arsenic good arsenic connected the East End and West End districts and passim the Civic Area adjacent the library, to entree filters via Instagram. A representation of the 11 locations is disposable astatine boulderdowntown.com.

Visitors tin locomotion into an igloo to spot penguins sitting connected formation chairs, spot a narwhal successful a excavation of water, stroll done a snowy forest, ticker an crystal skater and find a trio of “Breaking Bread” dancing gingerbread cookies.

Five tin beryllium recovered adjacent the library, portion the different six are on Pearl Street.

To participate, scan the QR Code utilizing a telephone camera. It volition automatically unfastened successful Instagram. Place contented successful the preferred determination by tapping a horizontal aboveground connected the telephone screen. Scale oregon rotate contented arsenic desired utilizing a two-finger pinch oregon twist gesture.

Participants tin instrumentality photos of the filters, past prevention them to their telephone oregon station them to societal media.  Accessing the images requires an augmented world compatible telephone and the latest mentation of Instagram.

Along with the caller virtual tour, Downtown Boulder is offering assorted vacation events and promotions.

The yearly Lights of December Parade, featuring an quality by Santa, is astatine 6 p.m. Dec. 3.  The parade starts astatine 15th and Walnut streets, heads westbound to Broadway, goes northbound connected Broadway, turns eastbound connected Spruce and finishes astatine 15th and Spruce.

Freezie Fest, a solemnisation of each things snowmen, is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 10 connected the Pearl Street Mall. It includes includes escaped bid rides, visits with Santa and crafts.

Visitors besides are invited to find Freezie, a stuffed snowman, successful downtown Boulder businesses done Dec. 23. After scanning the QR card, visitors tin capable retired a signifier for entries to triumph a $25 Downtown Boulder acquisition card.