Augmenting Mountains
Culture and Tourism : Winterolymp, an AR journey
St. Moritz takes the leap and breaks a new record bringing Augmented Reality to their world famous mountains with the Winterolymp mobile application. Home of 2 Winter Olympic Games and 5 Ski World Championships, Engadin St. Moritz Mountains has initiated a groundbreaking AR journey for their visitors in collaboration with award-winning studio apelab.
Using geolocation technology, users must come to the St. Moritz mountains to experience this unique site-specific adventure, representing a new frontier in the use of immersive technologies for culture and tourism.
“With our AR project on Corviglia (St. Moritz), we are taking one further step in upgrading the mountain experience for our guests, continuing our pioneering role in tourism and digitalisation.”
Michael Kirchner – Engadin St. Moritz Mountains.
“Augmented Reality allows us to craft a truly unique experience for the audience at scale. The Winterolymp project allows us to push the boundaries of immersive design, bringing such a groundbreaking experience to the Swiss mountains is an honor and we can’t wait for visitors to try it out!”
Emilie Joly, CEO@apelab
About The Speaker
Michaël Kirchner
About The Exhibitor
