Category Archives: Project overview

Mapping the Museum – A new collaborative AR project (#MappingtheMuseum)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Gail Millin-Chalabi

I would like to introduce an exciting new project which is underway called ‘Mapping the Museum’.  The initial idea for the project came to my mind just before Christmas and since then I have been brainstorming the different directions or … Continue reading →

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Lifting the roof on Social Sciences – A new collaborative AR project (#ARcity)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Laura Skilton (formerly Shaw)

I’d like to tell you about a new and exciting AR project that the SCARLET team at Mimas have just embarked on named ‘AR in the City’. The initial concept for the project was sparked by our existing AR developments … Continue reading →

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Our Hope for AR – Discovering fossils, geological features and more

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Laura Skilton (formerly Shaw)

Mimas is currently working on some exciting Augmented Reality (AR) projects, one of which is the creation of an AR field trip for geology students. Working with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty, and the Museum at the University of … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ Webinar

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Matt Ramirez

In the recent webinar held on the 16th April, members from the award winning SCARLET team (led by Mimas) shared their experiences of working on the SCARLET+ project team. Testimonials from Rose Lock at the University of Sussex and Jean … Continue reading →

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Tips on creating education based AR

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Matt Ramirez

Over the last few weeks I have been reading many blog posts heralding 2013 as the year that AR becomes the present instead of the future. Unfortunately, from an educational perspective, AR is still written about primarily as a marketing … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality in teaching, examples from 2012 and people to follow in 2013

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Laura Skilton (formerly Shaw)

I have not found too many examples of Augmented Reality (AR) used in teaching and learning, so I’d love to hear from anyone that has one, or in fact people that would like to work on AR projects in 2013. … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ ‘Voices in your pocket’ – challenging the meanings of Mass Observation

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Laura Skilton (formerly Shaw)

Blog post by Rose Lock  “History is an art; history is a political act; history is a job”. Dr. Lucy Robinson, lecturer in contemporary British history and University of Sussex academic lead on Scarlet+ project. After a very productive workshop during … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+, more about the Crafts Study Centre at the University for the Creative Arts

Posted on June 20, 2012 by jvacher

The Crafts Study Centre at the University for the Creative Arts is a museum of 20th century and contemporary British crafts.  Its collections include ceramics, wood and furniture, textiles (print and weave) and calligraphy and lettering.  An understanding of these … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on ELI conference

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Matt Ramirez

Last week I attended the ELI conference in Austin, Texas to present on the progress to date of the SCARLET project and early evaluation findings. The conference was full of provocative ideas and innovative uses of mobile technology, most notably … Continue reading →

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Technical Options Appraisal

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Matt Ramirez

At the project outset, technical architecture and choice of software was considered integral to its level of success. As the project would not be developing any technical code or services, building on existing frameworks available as open source (e.g. AR … Continue reading →

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