Augmented reality is beyond the hype phase. Today, it is used by mechanics to repair cars, families to decide which toys to buy and stores to share the joy of Christmas. But enough about mechanics and retailers … we’re at a museum conference after all!
At THATCamp, I’m proposing a discussion around one question:
HOW CAN WE USE AUGMENTED REALITY TO ENHANCE A MUSEUM’S COLLECTION?
In this general brainstorming discussion, I invite everyone — curators, researchers, technologists, museum goers — to discuss this question in an open and casual environment. If you have other questions in mind such as:
- What is augmented reality?
- How is augmented reality being used today by other people?
- Have other museums introduced AR to their collections?
… we will take 10 minutes to cover “the basics.” And once we’re all jogging at the same pace, we’ll get our pencils and papers out and get to the meat of the session: how can AR be used to enhance a museum’s collection? (using many, many videos as references for what’s possible in AR)
There will also be a workshop on Augmented Reality on Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30.