AR technology brings downtown’s Chinese history to life in the 21st century [Video]

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Thanks to dedicated historians and augmented reality, you can go to the heart of downtown Tucson and use your smartphone to travel back in time.

In Good Morning Tucson’s reporting, we’ve met neighbors whose families felt the direct impact of urbal renewal; not only on the old Latino barrios, but also for other communities like the early Chinese immigrants of the 20th century.

GMT scanned a code printed on a concrete poster feet away from the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. A few clicks later, a short documentary laid out the story of the neighborhood that was here before the Tucson Convention Center.

“Not hearing the bustle of the community, the many languages that were spoken here, the smells of the food… it’s just concrete,” Lisa Falk said. “It’s all erased.”

Falk, a curator with the Arizona State Museum, reached out to give us a crash course …