I had a great time at the MCN conference this year as a first time participant, and wanted to subsequently reach out to the community regarding a project I've been asked to tackle. Apologies in advance, as I just joined the MCN listserve and may have missed previous conversations on this topic, and also I've cross-posted this on a couple other listservs that members may also subscribe to.
I've been asked to compile a kind of research paper/white paper for use at Parks Canada (general info and trends research and a scan of what's currently being done) on the ways that museums, parks, historic sites and similar cultural and natural heritage institutions, are using AR and VR, what the trends are, what the concerns/issues are, what's worked and what hasn't, and what applications seem to have the best return on investment. We're seeing a lot of staff working in Canada's national parks and historic sites expressing interest in both VR and AR, which is not surprising, and we are increasingly getting pitches from partners and companies on a large range of VR and AR products and services, but we haven't done a lot of thinking nationally yet into how best to tackle these technologies in a cost effective manner that can be scaled across a system where some places have lots of resources and others have very limited resources. The challenge for us is always trying to maintain a certain consistency of quality level while offering digital media products and programming across a system of 150 locations with widely varying digital expertise, staff and time resources, and public infrastructure and visitation. If anyone has any advice or experiences they'd like to share, or knows of any existing reports that are similar or touch on parts of this then we'd very much appreciate the intel. Thanks in advance, Michael White Analyste principal de la recherche - Nouveaux médias, Direction de l'expérience de la marque Parcs Canada / Gouvernement du Canada 30 rue Victoria (PC-02-E), 2-11, Gatineau QC J8X 0B3 michael.wh...@pc.gc.ca / Tél. : 819-420-9300 Senior Research Analyst - New Media, Brand Experience Branch Parks Canada / Government of Canada 30 Victoria Street (PC-02-E), 2-11, Gatineau QC J8X 0B3 michael.wh...@pc.gc.ca / Tel: 819-420-9300 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
