Augmented Reality of the Augsburg Display Cabinet

The Getty Museum’s 17th-century display cabinet from Augsburg, Germany, is a type of furniture often called a “cabinet of curiosities” because of its compartments designed to contain collectible objects.

Imagine holding the large tabletop cabinet in your hands. You can get a sense of the furniture’s multifaceted structure by using augmented reality technology to virtually spin, tilt, and open it.

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TipTile enables you to make an attractive presentation of image, text and video on the Microsoft Surface™.

Tiptile is an easy to use package for making and viewing presentations in an educational or cultural environment. You can edit and preview on any PC and then deploy on Surface.

Read details on our Case Study page.

For more information, visit www.tiptile.com or www.onwijs.com

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As a kind of gift and inspired by that marvellous new way of iPad-Magazine-format presentation FLIPBOARD we guide you through a simple 1-2-3 process for viewing our Museum Media Magazine on your iPad. And don’t forget YOUR TWEETS WILL APPEAR too if you use @museummedia!

1. Start the FLIPBOARD application, flip and Click on + Add a Section (you can always delete your magazine later on if you want be clicking on ‘edit’)

2. Search for: Museum Media

3. Choose: Museum Media (@museummedia)

Enjoy your new Magazine!

What if you haven’t an iPad?

No problem, you can have a look at the Magazine here: (pages from the magazine, you can download them if you want)

The AT90RF135602 definitely needs a nickname. Even in 8-point type it’s too big a title for the world’s smallest RFID reader!

AT90RF135602 see what I mean? is the latest RFID collaboration of California-based Atmel and UK-based Innovision Research & Technology. This single chip RFID reader is a mere 12mm by 12mm by 2mm. For those of you who like to travel ultra-light, check out the scaled down 6mm by 8mm by 1.5mm version.

The AT90RF135602 reads and writes to 13.56 MHz RFID tags and smart labels, is optimised for a 2.8V battery operation, and is compliant to ISO/IEC 14443-A parts 2 & 3, making it especially suited for small, battery-powered handheld devices.

I can see how this smaller-than-dime-sized RFID reader may be helpful for NAVI Navigation Assistance for the Visually Impaired and other handheld applications. Smaller readers make handheld devices less obtrusive and more comfortable to carry. Good news for those using NAVI or taking self-guided museum or walking tours.

Read more: rfid at90rf135602 smallest rfid reader « Asietude.

Chart your own course at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with AMNH Explorer—a new app that is part custom navigation system, part personal tour guide for the Museum’s world-famous halls. Providing turn-by-turn directions, AMNH Explorer takes visitors from the edge of the universe to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a variety of Museum-designed tours or create your own from a list of popular exhibits, specimens, or artifacts. AMNH Explorer also lets you share your adventures with friends and family by linking directly to your Facebook and Twitter profiles. Download AMNH Explorer now and start planning your next visit or use your iPhone or iPod Touch to discover the Museum’s must-sees from anywhere in the world. It’s the new way to find your way at the American Museum of Natural History.

More information here.

Sign up for the Internet For Peace and become part of the movement to nominate the Net for a Nobel Peace Prize

“We have finally realized that the Internet is much more than a network of computers.It is an endless web of people. Men and women from every corner of the globe areconnecting to one another, thanks to the biggest social interface ever known to humanity.Digital culture has laid the foundations for a new kind of society.And this society is advancing dialogue, debate and consensus through communication.Because democracy has always flourished where there is openness, acceptance,discussion and participation. And contact with others has always been the mosteffective antidote against hatred and conflict.That’s why the Internet is a tool for peace.That’s why anyone who uses it can sow the seeds of non-violence.And that’s why the next Nobel Peace Prize should go to the Net.A Nobel for each and every one of us.

via Sign up for the Internet For Peace and become part of the movement to nominate the Net for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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In an attempt to engage children with creative skills early on, the Tate museum recently unveiled its film project that will air on the BBC next year. Children aged 5-13 are asked to contribute designs for animations and illustrations through the film’s website:

The site will be constantly updated in order to try and keep the kids interested during the year-long production period. There will also be a truck, rigged up to look like the studio on the website, that will travel around schools and to festivals and other events to try and encourage children to get involved. One of the aims of the project is to get ‘hard-to-reach’ kids to take part, so the truck will hopefully be a way of speaking to kids who may not have easy access to the internet, plus there will be a freepost address to send physical work in to as well. Workshops have also already begun taking place at Tate – these will continue over the coming months, alongside workshops at a network of partner galleries across the UK. BBC’s Blue Peter will also be following the real-life production process and encouraging kids to get involved.

Source: Tate Offers Kids A Chance To Help Make A Film – PSFK.

The project: http://tatemovie.co.uk/

Museum Media has had a complete overhaul. You won’t notice anything in the lay-out of the site, but you will experience a much swifter interaction.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is among the first to adopt them in Northeast Ohio as part of its marketing strategy.

The art museum chose to experiment with QR codes for the first time to become more attractive to those people who often are early adopters of technology and are willing to try new things, Mr. Brokaw said. The use of QR codes is one way to make the art museum more accessible and attractive to young audiences, he said.The campaign coincides with the reopening of 17 galleries at the art museum that had been closed for construction, Ms. Fink said.Though QR codes have been slow to catch on in the United States, their popularity is expected to rise now that 50 million Americans have smart phones, Mr. Brokaw said.

via Crain’s Cleveland Business: Art museum quick to try new ad format.

This is what we mean by ‘Crowdsourcing’. Historypin is a digital time machine that creates a new way for the world to see and share history. It was created by We Are What We Do, in partnership with Google. Look at this fine animation:

Historypin has 12554 photos and stories pinned so far.

‘We Are What We Do’ is a global movement that inspires people to use their everyday behaviour to affect big environmental and social issues. There are loads of small things we can all do everyday.

Here you can find great tutorials for using Flash or Flex on Ideum multitouch tables and screens. These tutorials explain how to implement basic multitouch gestures or create more complex multitouch appplications in Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex.

via Multitouch Flash and Flex Tutorials & Support – Gestureworks.

The Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal, Netherlands, in cooperation with African Architecture Matters, organizes a unique competition for architects, artists and thinkers with African roots. The winner receives a cash prize of 7,500 Euros and his or her idea will be presented in a real exhibition in 2011 at the African museum. The jury consists of Abdoumaliq Simone, Lesley Lokko, Joe Osae-Addo, Femke van Zeijl and Manthia Diawara. Infofilm/Museummedia provides online realization and design.

The Civil War Augmented Reality Project was conceived by several public educators with technology experience and a desire to offer more interactivity to students and the general public visiting historic sites. The objective of the project is to develop and implement augmented reality services related to the American Civil War in Pennsylvania, and to modify soon to be released tablet personal computers to allow the general public a chance to experience the applications.

The project’s inception is planned to give ample development time in the run up to the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, beginning in 2011. It is hoped that early support could generate interest in Maryland and Virginia.We also propose to construct stationary devices patterned after the “pay binoculars” often found at scenic overlooks. These devices will offer a virtual geographic view from a few hundred yards above the user.

via The Civil War Augmented Reality Project.

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Museums have a long tradition of sharing the cultural heritage in their custody with other museums and institutions. Lending objects to other museums is one of their most important tasks. Through the mobility of collections European citizens can become acquainted with their own and other cultures and are able to pass on this heritage to future generations.

Collections Mobility 2.0, Lending for Europe 21st century is a project that aims to facilitate mobility of objects between museums of all European Member States. By offering practical training packages, a theoretical handbook and this website, the initiators hope that museum professionals will make even better use of their collections and explore the possibilities that exist in international collections mobility more often.

via Collections Mobility - About Collections Mobility.

Adobe recently announced the Adobe Museum of Digital Media (AMDM): a digital museum created to document and preserve great works of digital art and innovation. The museum will be a large online interactive experience and opens on August 2nd of this year. While few details are available right now, the Museum homepage offers a small glimpse into what this site will eventually become.

The museum’s first exhibit, scheduled to open August 2, 2010, will feature work by Tony Oursler, a New York artist whose explorations in moving images and digital communications have been featured in museums on both U.S. coasts, as well as in Spain and New Zealand.

Preview: http://www.adobemuseum.com/

A work of art about death by Annelies Dijkman, Netherlands. The small white cabbage butterfly plays the leading role. Hundreds of butterflies are projected as moving light spots. Animation editor: Robert Busschots, Infofilm/Museummedia, producers of new and special media for museums.

Augmented reality can be a new feature for exposing cultural news and locations. Several companies are exploring this new technique: Layar, Wikitude. Junaio…

Layar is one of the augmented reality browsers for Android and iPhone. Soon on Nokia. This latest video shows daily scenario’s of how Layar is used: to find a place to eat, to get to know the city through history, to play games and to see which bands is playing where now. This video also premiers Floaticons, the cool 3D objects which we all can use to express ourselves in this new world of Augmented Reality.

Augmented Reality is the new emerging mass medium, for all to use, to experience and interact in.

Museummedia can help you implementing augmented reality.

An iPhone application that will provide information, ticketing and itineraries for the 40 most visited museums and sites in Italy is to be launched on 1 July.

Released by Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (known in Italy as MiBAC), ‘i-MiBAC – Top 40′ is the first of a series of free apps produced by the Italian ministry dedicated to Italy’s heritage sites and museums.

In both English and Italian, it will initially be available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but will soon be made available for smartphones too.

Read more here.