Augmented-reality app allows Penguin Court visitors to 'see' former Scaife mansion

The 50-room mansion at Penguin Court in Laughlintown was demolished shortly after the death of former Tribune-Review publisher Richard Scaife’s parents, Alan Scaife and Sarah Mellon.

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But thanks to modern technology and the work of Murrysville artist Christopher Ruane, visitors to the 923-acre estate can look at their mobile devices and experience what the mansion would have looked like set against the backdrop of the Laurel Highlands.

True Interactive, the company Ruane formed with Carnegie Mellon University systems and software engineer Aydaen Lynch, can virtually resurrect the mansion on its original foundation, allowing app users to walk through some of its stone archways and courtyards.