ARIS

ARIS is a tool for making location based games, stories and Art.

People all over the world are creating content for ARIS using an easy online authoring tool.

Join us at http://arisgames.org


FEATURES:

- Use GPS, iBeacons and QR Codes to link to virtual characters, items, panoramics, HTML5 apps and media

- Create and Place virtual Items that can be picked up by players, exchanged, used and moved around in a persistent AR world.

- Author virtual characters that talk with your players, giving them information, exchanging items and responding to their choices.

- Design Quests for players to find particular information/items, talk with characters and collect media recordings at particular locations.

-Connect the game into outside systems using web hooks, arduinos, flash apps etc.



This project was created with support from:

- University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW Madison)
- MacArthur Foundation
- The New Learning Institute
- The Pearson Foundation
- Minnesota Historical Society
- The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Initiative
- The Wisconsin Department for Public Instruction