Tesse
Tesse provides any user with easy to use creative tools in persistent location based augmented reality.
Tesse’s concept is rooted in easing the problem of smartphones as tools of social isolation. Pokemon Go proved that games could be used as tech-driven toys to promote exploration outside of virtual space, bringing people together in unexpected ways. Tesse aims to add to that concept by adding creation tools for user-made objects and attaching them to specific physical locations.
The most important aspect of Tesse is its build mode. Early iterations worked through making the tools as easy as possible to find and use, while staying creatively flexible.
The solution was to reduce the available tools down to simple planar shapes that can be modified by cutting, extruding, and mirroring. Objects are placed with basic gestures, including pinch or spread to scale the object in the environment.