"Any city that doesn't have a Tenderloin isn't a city at all"
Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle
Live at the Black Hawk is an exciting community-benefit project that recreates the Tenderloin's world-famous Black Hawk Jazz Club using cutting-edge Augmented Reality (AR) technology. The project connects residents and visitors with the neighborhood's rich tradition of innovation and inclusion through engaging audio-visual storytelling and provides a rotating virtual art and music gallery for local youth and artists to showcase their talents.
Instructions
1. Scan the QR code with your phone (or tap the link directly from your phone).
2. Select which version of the Black Hawk you want to instantiate by clicking on the respective button
3. Follow the prompts on your screen to instantiate the Black Hawk
4. Place the Black Hawk on a horizontal surface like a table or the floor and tap your sreen
5. Use a two finger pinch and twist gesture to scale and rotate the Black Hawk
6. Be sure to go inside by scaling up or walking in real space through the walls or doorways
7. Unmute your phone and turn up the volume to hear the soundtrack.
History Gallery
Between 1950 and 1963, the Black Hawk Jazz Club attracted world-class talent to the corner of Turk and Hyde Streets in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. Jazz greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie played to packed houses, experimented with new sounds and recorded some of their best works.
The Playlist
Who People from 3 to 103 of all abilities can enjoy
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What A fun, interactive, destination-worthy, augmented reality (AR) experience rooted in the rich culture and inclusive history of the Tenderloin’s Black Hawk Jazz Club.
Features:
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Lifesize AR re-creation of the Black Hawk Jazz Club
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Digital art and music gallery
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Original artworks and music by Tenderloin artists
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Community AR art and music creation workshops
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Black Hawk and Tenderloin AR history
When Best accessed during daytime. Art, music and stories are periodically refreshed by local youth, artists and musicians three to four times per year.
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Where Wherever you are!
Why Connect low-opportunity Tenderloin residents and artists with high-opportunity emerging tech through the creation of a fun, participatory AR experiences that connect them with the rich history and culture of their neighborhood and elevates the Tenderloin as an engine of innovation and inclusion in San Francisco.
How Partnering with nonprofits, artists, startups and local businesses using evidence-based, Creative Placemaking practices and cutting-edge, mobile-phone based AR cloud technology.
Partners and Sponsors
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