Category Archives: Matthew Ramirez

Innovation in Education – Augmented Reality, a Manchester Showcase

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

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 →

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Landmap AR map content released

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

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 →

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Tips on creating education based AR

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

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 →

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Discovering augmented reality at UCA

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

This is the third in a trio of blog posts inspired by the workshop led by Team SCARLET on Friday 7th December at University for the Creative Arts (UCA). The other two blog posts deal with the CSC’s working prototype … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ ‘Swings and Roundabouts’ – the ups and downs of creating an AR application.

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

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 →

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St John Fragment AR content

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

AR material relating to the St John Fragment has now been released as part of the SCARLET project in collaboration with Dr. Roberta Mazza. It provides the user an opportunity to surface contextual information about the most famous piece of … Continue reading →

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Dante final AR outputs released

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I am pleased to announce the release of the complete suite of AR outputs related to Dante’s Divine Comedy, which have been developed through the SCARLET project. These can be accessed by downloading the outputs PDF and scanning the QR code … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ ‘Coding for the terrified’ or how I learned to stop worrying and love php.

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

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 →

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SCARLET dissemination – conferences and meetings

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

The SCARLET team have been busy presenting sessions on SCARLET at a number of conferences and events during the course of the project. A summary of these and links to presentations are below: October 2011 JISC Online Conference Activity Week … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Focus Groups: 2nd and 3rd Year Undergraduates

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

On the 3rd of May, Matt Ramirez and I conducted our latest series of focus groups with two different courses, whose delivery will involve the oldest fragment of the Gospel of John, which dates back to the 2nd half of … Continue reading →

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