Image Credit: Beau Jones/ “The Layers of a Place” in URI News

The North Woods Project, which is organized by DWELL Lab but includes many collaborators within the URI community, was recently featured by the College of Environment and Life Science (CELS) and URI News. Through an open-access digital resource, the North Woods Project combines augmented reality (AR), web development, and digital mapping to lay the groundwork for an ongoing research and teaching project. It aims to celebrate the North Woods through social, ecological, and creative perspectives. You can read more about the project, timeline, and collaborators on our website here.

“Telling the story of the North Woods is an exciting endeavor, the project team says, especially when it incorporates combining natural and digital spaces to create an experience. Like the North Woods itself, the North Woods Project is a living project that will continue to grow and evolve with time. Through the DWELL Lab, Ahart, Jorgensen, and Overbay are laying the foundation for members of the URI community to experience the North Woods in a variety of ways.”

“Into the Woods: Using Augmented Reality and Science Communication to tell the Story of the North Woods,” by Sarah Heavren, CELS Communications Fellow