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Category Archives: Mimas
AR(t) magazine – new article by Matt Ramirez, the Mimas lead AR developer
We are really pleased to announce that an article written by Mimas’ Matt Ramirez is featured in the latest issue of AR(t) magazine. The article talks about lessons learnt and knowledge gained through both the SCARLET and SCARLET+ projects, and … Continue reading
Innovation in Education – Augmented Reality, a Manchester Showcase
Mimas have been developing Augmented Reality (AR) experiences for use within education for over two years and in that time we have amassed a wealth of experience, knowledge and examples. We have barely touched the surface of its potential; but … Continue reading
SCARLET+ Webinar
In the recent webinar held on the 16th April, members from the award winning SCARLET team (led by Mimas) shared their experiences of working on the SCARLET+ project team. Testimonials from Rose Lock at the University of Sussex and Jean … Continue reading
Landmap AR map content released
It is my pleasure to announce that the geospatial AR channel developed in conjunction with Landmap is now live. It allows the user to visualise this data in a whole new way. Through a highly detailed feature rich map, users … Continue reading
Posted in Content Development, Matthew Ramirez, Mimas, MimasAR, Project Outputs
Tagged 3dmodel, Augmented Reality, geospatial, GLUE, landmap, map, user journey
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Visualising rich spatial data with 3D and AR
Over the past couple of months I have been working with colleagues from the Landmap service at Mimas to create an AR experience around the UKMap dataset. The UKMap Collection is one of five collections provided free of charge to … Continue reading
Posted in Content Development, Mimas, pedagogy
Tagged AREL, geospatial, iPad, junaio, landmap, mobile, php, student experience, ukmap
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Mimas AR open for business
Mimas is pleased to announce that we are now open to engage in Augmented Reality consultancy and training, an exciting new area where we hope to realise its rich potential for education. Mimas’s experience with AR has involved working with … Continue reading
Tips on creating education based AR
Over the last few weeks I have been reading many blog posts heralding 2013 as the year that AR becomes the present instead of the future. Unfortunately, from an educational perspective, AR is still written about primarily as a marketing … Continue reading
Augmented Reality in teaching, examples from 2012 and people to follow in 2013
I have not found too many examples of Augmented Reality (AR) used in teaching and learning, so I’d love to hear from anyone that has one, or in fact people that would like to work on AR projects in 2013. … Continue reading
Posted in Mimas, pedagogy, Project overview, SCARLET+, Technical Training
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SCARLET+ ‘Swings and Roundabouts’ – the ups and downs of creating an AR application.
Working on Scarlet+ has so far been a roller coaster of triumphs and tribulations, but I am delighted to be able to declare that I am now working on the app itself. I had a huge breakthrough last week when Matt Ramirez … Continue reading
SCARLET+ ‘Coding for the terrified’ or how I learned to stop worrying and love php.
One of the greatest worries I had when taking on my role as the project co-ordinator for University of Sussex’s augmented reality (AR) project was the actual building of it. The AR applications I first looked at had such an … Continue reading

