Clash of Iron  Edward Gordon  Clash of Iron is an interactive
presentation of the1862 Battle of Hampton Roads using ship
models and videos clips triggered by the augmented reality tool
Junaio.  The Battle of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8-9, 1862
between the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor, was the
first clash of ironclad warships in the history of mankind. I
have long been fascinated with this engagement because of the
hopes each ship carried into it—for the Virginia, that her
armored might could overcome the overwhelming numerical
superiority of the Union navy and shatter the blockade that was
strangling the South, for the Monitor, that her controversial
design would prove the genius of her inventor and provide him
some measure of redemption for an earlier failure. My project
will be a diorama of the two vessels that will invite viewers to
use their mobile devices to trigger videos that tell the stories
of the two ships and their momentous encounter.