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Discover Geology AR Field Trip

Yesterday, a coachload of enthusiastic people embarked from the Manchester museum to Castleton in Peak District to test the new University of Manchester Discover Geology app, co-developed by Mimas, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty, and the Manchester Museum. Early feedback … Continue reading

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Ding! Ding! Round two – AR in the classroom

On Friday afternoon we demoed the second, and brand new, version of the Crafts Study Centre augmented reality (AR) app to students at University for the Creative Arts. Originally our lead academic, Adrian Bland, had envisoned AR as a ‘portal … Continue reading

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The SCARLET Focus Groups: 2nd and 3rd Year Undergraduates

On the 3rd of May, Matt Ramirez and I conducted our latest series of focus groups with two different courses, whose delivery will involve the oldest fragment of the Gospel of John, which dates back to the 2nd half of … Continue reading

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The SCARLET Project with First Year Undergraduates

As part of the on-going development of SCARLET, beyond the pilot course, “The Book and Its Body”, a group of Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s first-year students in ITAL10300, “Contemporary Italian Culture” were asked to participate in a focus group on 26 … Continue reading

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Scarlet Dissemination Workshop

John Hodgson, Jo Lambert and Matt Ramirez recently hosted a workshop at the John Rylands Library to demonstrate the Scarlet augmented reality project to archivists and librarians from other institutions in the region (though Alison Cullingford will no doubt wish … Continue reading

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Démonstration du projet SCARLET

Une démonstration du projet SCARLET est à présent disponible, afin de permettre aux utilisateurs de visualiser un échantillon du contenu du projet. Afin d’accéder au contenu, téléchargez l’image ci-dessous et imprimez-la en couleurs. Suivez ensuite les instructions de navigation afin … Continue reading

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Reflecting, learning, anticipating

It’s a new year and traditionally time for looking forward, and not for looking back. For the SCARLET project we’re just over half way through and it is therefore a perfect time to reflect on the activity undertaken so far, … Continue reading

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SCARLET Focus Group

As part of the evaluation process for the SCARLET Project, I ran a focus group on 16 November 2011 for the students in Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s “Beyond the Text: The Book and Its Body”.  During the hour-long session, I asked … Continue reading

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SCARLET evaluation

A key aspect of SCARLET involves finding out what people think about the content and use of Augmented Reality. By seeking feedback at an early stage we intend user experience to continue to inform project development. Using the pilot course, … Continue reading

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Bringing ancient Greek papyri to life through AR

The Rylands papyri collection is one of the most important of the world, and constitutes an immense occasion for a papyrologist and ancient historian. It is an immense resource for both research and teaching. Of the about 2,000 Greek and … Continue reading

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