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Belfast City Hall Augmented Reality Experience
- By: Belfast City Council and BT
- Location: Belfast City Hall
- When: 1 October 2024 - 31 March 2025
- Creative Me Profile: City Explorer
Set in the heart of Belfast City Hall, this magical new addition to the existing visitor exhibition uses cutting-edge digital technology delivered by BT to offer visitors interactive ways to explore the stories of our city.
Visitors are invited by an animated seahorse from the Belfast Coat of Arms to experience the digital magic of augmented reality as the city’s hidden river is revealed, walls crumble to uncover secret passageways, and books open to let their stories take flight.
The immersive journey begins in a virtual library where you can explore Belfast’s words and accent as flying books tell their stories and portraits reveal hidden secrets.
Visitors are then transported to Belfast’s past, present and future through 3D maps powered by the latest advanced wireless technology from BT. Meet Peggy Barclay of Sugarhouse Entry, discover the hidden history of the city’s streets, and see what the city of the future could look like, inspired by local children and their innovative drawings of flying cars, slides on buildings, and floating bubble houses.
Enjoy playing interactive street games as you have a kick around with a football, fire a catapult at tin cans, and collect coins as you 'run’ through Belfast's streets.
You can also create your own ‘Instagrammable’ works of postcard art with Belfast’s landmarks, ready to share on social media.
The new experience uses the latest digital technology across three rooms (7, 8 and 9) of the 16-room visitor exhibition including augmented reality, projection technologies, gesture controlled interactive gaming, and advanced wireless connectivity.
The Belfast City Hall AR experience will run until the end of March 2025 and admission to the exhibition is free.
Tickets can be booked in advance or visitors can access the exhibition on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of their visit.
Find out more at: belfastcity.gov.uk/exhibition - link opens in new window.
The AR Experience is a collaborative research and development project between Belfast City Council and BT.
