Project Details:
Special Collections using Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching
The SCARLET project aims to use Augmented Reality to allow students simultaneously to experience the magic of original materials, whilst enhancing the learning experience by 'surrounding' the object with digitised content: images, texts, online learning resources and information on related objects held in the Library and elsewhere.
The SCARLET project aims to use Augmented Reality to allow students simultaneously to experience the magic of original materials, whilst enhancing the learning experience by 'surrounding' the object with digitised content: images, texts, online learning resources and information on related objects held in the Library and elsewhere.
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Project Completed
Funding period:June 2011 to May 2012
Source: JISC Learning and Teaching Committee |
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Organisations: John Rylands University Library Mimas University of Manchester |
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Standards
Standards
| Standard | Comments |
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| AR Landscape Report |
Commissioned by the W3C to provide an holistic overview of the AR space and provide information to aid in standardisation process of AR by the Points of Interest working group.
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| Points of Interest (POI) working group charter |
This recommendation will define a format for the common components of a Point of Interest vocabulary and detail how AR applications may future proof their ability to be interoperable.
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| XML |
The majority [of proprietary AR platforms] use XML documents to hold the POI information with most nodes being generic (ie Longitude, Latitude, Name, Description etc).
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Technologies
Technologies
| Junaio |
AR browser considered by the project.
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| Layar |
AR browser considered by the project.
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| Points of Interest (POI) |
Authoring and publishing tools, browser-specific and cross-browser.
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| LUNA |
JRUL image repository
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| Turning the Pages |
Book reading software.
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| ELGAR |
JRUL's archive and manuscripts database.
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| Talis Prism |
Library catalogue.
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Comments:
Posted by rowin at 2011-10-18 09:39:14
Library intend to continue to use tool assuming pilot successful - so life beyond the end of the funding period.
Posted by rowin at 2011-10-18 09:37:34
Outputs made available via project website - will be able to track downloads, etc - use wordpress so can track blog dissemination also.
Posted by rowin at 2011-10-18 09:36:17
Outputs: toolkit, support materials (available via blog) - to be enhanced as a result of evaluation.
Posted by rowin at 2011-10-18 09:35:19
Lot of interest from libraries and museums in using outputs and toolkit.
Posted by rowin at 2011-09-06 13:46:16
Related project: the Manchester Digital Dante Project, 2009-10 - a British Academy funded project to digitise three culturally significant editions of Dante's /Divine Comedy/ held in the Special Collections of the JRUL.
Posted by rowin at 2011-09-06 13:44:06
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Programme-Manager: Rob Englebright