TY - JOUR
T1 - Augmented Reality Brings the Real World into Natural History Dioramas with Data Visualizations and Bioacoustics at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
AU - Harrington, M.C.R.
AU - Tatzgern, M.
AU - Langer, T.
AU - Wenzel, J.W.
N1 - Cited By :17
Export Date: 14 December 2023
Correspondence Address: Harrington, M.C.R.; Department of Games and Interactive Media, United States; email: [email protected]
Funding details: Richard King Mellon Foundation, RKMF
Funding details: University of Central Florida, UCF
Funding text 1: This work would not have been possible without the expertise of Bonnie Isaac at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Martha Oliver at the Powdermill Nature Reserve. We thank Chris Jones, Zack Bledsoe, and Alexandra Guffey, who are undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida, for their work. We also thank Radomir Dinic and Martin Tiefengrabner of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences for their support during development. This work was funded in part by the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the State Government of Salzburg, Austria under project contract “Ecomedicine VR Physiology Lab”.
Funding text 2: This work would not have been possible without the expertise of Bonnie Isaac at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Martha Oliver at the Powdermill Nature Reserve. We thank Chris Jones, Zack Bledsoe, and Alexandra Guffey, who are undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida, for their work. We also thank Radomir Dinic and Martin Tiefengrabner of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences for their support during development. This work was funded in part by the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the State Government of Salzburg, Austria under project contract “Ecomedicine VR Physiology Lab”.
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PY - 2019/4/19
Y1 - 2019/4/19
N2 - This paper introduces the AR Perpetual Garden App and highlights reasons why it is unique and important in its use of immersive, augmented reality for informal learning. The design and construction of the application created a virtual diorama based on facts, using realistic 3D models and accurate perspective. Design affordances permit annotations with interactive and multimodal facts and stories, delivering interactive knowledge artifacts. The app combines real and virtual into one holistic and comprehensive learning experience, transferring scientific knowledge to the novice in an instant. The use of immersive augmented reality produced from accurate information, data visualizations, and bioacoustics creates context-sensitivity experiences inside the gallery and outside in the gardens. Distribution through the Apple and Google app stores to schools and homes can extend the broader impact of the educational mission of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and its biological research center, the Powdermill Nature Reserve.
AB - This paper introduces the AR Perpetual Garden App and highlights reasons why it is unique and important in its use of immersive, augmented reality for informal learning. The design and construction of the application created a virtual diorama based on facts, using realistic 3D models and accurate perspective. Design affordances permit annotations with interactive and multimodal facts and stories, delivering interactive knowledge artifacts. The app combines real and virtual into one holistic and comprehensive learning experience, transferring scientific knowledge to the novice in an instant. The use of immersive augmented reality produced from accurate information, data visualizations, and bioacoustics creates context-sensitivity experiences inside the gallery and outside in the gardens. Distribution through the Apple and Google app stores to schools and homes can extend the broader impact of the educational mission of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and its biological research center, the Powdermill Nature Reserve.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a0373db6-d941-3375-8dac-96c7fed79a1c/
U2 - 10.1111/cura.12308
DO - 10.1111/cura.12308
M3 - Article
SN - 2151-6952
VL - 62
SP - 177
EP - 193
JO - Curator
JF - Curator
IS - 2
ER -