Description

Why not look into the history of Kyoto?
【About TimeScope】
TimeScope offers a kind of time travel experience in Kyoto thoughthe mobile device.

The time travel world of Time Scope offers the Imperial CourtCompound (Chodo-in) of ancient Kyoto's (Heian Era) Greater ImperialPalace (centered around Senbon-dori stretching from Nijo-dori inthe south to the area around Marutamachi-dori in the north). Thisis where the Imperial Court Compound stood; here, enthronementceremonies, marriage celebrations and other important ceremonieswould be held in the Great Hall of State (Daigoku-den); here,public officials would conduct state affairs from the 12 buildingsthat made up the Court of Ministries (Chodo).

Please be sure to hold the mobile device up in front of you forthe opportunity to walk into TimeScope's world.

All around you the scenes of ancient Kyoto will appear. You canprobably have the "I didn't know this about Kyoto" discovery as youpeek in on various places.

[Demonstration]
In preview mode, from any location you can see the scenes ofancient Kyoto by tapping the green pins.

[Features]
・360 °Scenes
Using the GPS electronic compass and accelerometer we reproduce360˚ scenes of ancient Kyoto according the the users location andorientation as well as the vertical orientation of the mobiledevice.

・Map Overlay
　Holding the mobile device horizontally to the ground you can see amap view with the layout of the buildings from the past allowingyou to easily understand the relationship to the currentbuildings.

・Detailed Descriptions
Tap on a building on the display to see its function and a detaileddescription.