The Outernet Foundation
The Outernet Foundation builds free and open-source infrastructure for augmented reality and artificial intelligence products. The layer of digital information overlaid on the physical world ought to remain open, ungoverned by extraction, and accountable to people rather than platforms
By offering an open alternative, we believe we can redirect toward a more equitable future. If AR development and spatial mapping technologies remain free and open source, the fate of what it means to exist in a physical place belongs to the many, not the few.
Places belong to people, not platforms
What we are building about it
Placeframe
FOSS for the sake of places “for FOSS sake”
An open-source Visual Positioning System (VPS) that anchors digital experiences to physical locations with high precision and multi-player localization. Placeframe is the foundational infrastructure layer — free, open, and owned by no single entity.
Blocks
Building an archive of everywhere
An AI map and database that functions as a living archive of place-based memory, capturing the histories, stories, and evolving identities of cities. Built on archival data with integrity, depth, and permanence.
The Museum of Place
Be here now
The Museum of Place is the Foundation's flagship demonstration project. It is proof that the tech stack can produce meaningful cultural experiences rather than extractive ones. It is also an open invitation. An ever-expanding open air museum.
Every contribution moves us closer to a world where place-based technology remains open, owned by no one, and available to everyone.
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