Hi Meredith, We used Matterport type software to document the exhibition We Are Nature: Living in the Anthropocene at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The software works well if your goal is simply to document an exhibition for archival purposes. If you want to make it useful for educators you will want to add hot spots with text, audio, video and 2D/3D images attached.
Working with GuidiGo, our partner on the Carnegie project, we produced a lot of audio and some video content to help visitors understand what the exhibition was about. It’s more challenging if you want to provide an engaging visitor experience, beyond simply documenting the exhibition. For one thing, you don’t really feel like you’re in the space unless you’re using a VR headset. You can see the difference by comparing the Oculus Go headset <https://www.oculus.com/experiences/go/2072766929487859/> vs. the desktop <http://blog.guidigo.com/CMNH/> version of our We Are Nature project. The more immersive experience is more enjoyable than simply pointing and clicking on a flat screen. The other thing is that these are such solitary experiences, another reason why they don’t convey a sense of “being there.” Adding video of a curator or educator or artist actually speaking directly to visitors could help, giving them a feeling that they were not alone in the space. I hope this is useful info. Happy to discuss further if that’s helpful. All best, Robin Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 ro...@mediacombo.net MediaCombo <http://www.mediacombo.net/> @rocombo <http://twitter.com/@rocombo> Check out our most recent article about using Virtual Reality <https://www.teo-exhibitions.com/what-virtual-reality-can-bring-to-travelling-exhibitions/?mc_cid=6205926d83&mc_eid=90b7a4ae40> And Subscribe to our newsletter here! <https://mediacombo.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=91193d6d7db9f9bb5a6c1157e&id=371e8236cb> > On Aug 12, 2020, at 8:00 AM, mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:04:33 +0000 > From: "Meredith L. Steinfels" <meredith.l.steinf...@dartmouth.edu> > To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] Matterport > Message-ID: > > <bn6pr03mb30767e003e4a0ae6ee225f8bd3...@bn6pr03mb3076.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings, > > Has anyone used Matterport to document and share their in-gallery > exhibitions? If so, would you be willing to share your experience? Please > feel free to reply off thread. > > Thanks, > Meredith Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 ro...@mediacombo.net MediaCombo <http://www.mediacombo.net/> @rocombo <http://twitter.com/@rocombo> Check out our most recent article about using Virtual Reality <https://www.teo-exhibitions.com/what-virtual-reality-can-bring-to-travelling-exhibitions/?mc_cid=6205926d83&mc_eid=90b7a4ae40> And Subscribe to our newsletter here! <https://mediacombo.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=91193d6d7db9f9bb5a6c1157e&id=371e8236cb> _______________________________________________ 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/
