Tag Archives: technical specifications

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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Triangles and teapots: AR technology development

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

At the workshop led by Team SCARLET on 7th December, the Crafts Study Centre presented a rough demonstration of their AR development so far. The two key principles underpinning this work were (and continue to be): ‘pedagogy before technology’; and … Continue reading →

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SCARLET Toolkit

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

The SCARLET tool-kit is available to enable teachers, technologists and librarians to construct their own tailored AR applications within the context of Special Collections, adapting the University of Exeter’s (From ‘Unlocking the Hidden Curriculum’ project) toolkit. The toolkit  includes course … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ Technical Workshop

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

On Monday 1st October, myself and the two technical leads from the University of Creative Arts (Marie-Therese Gramstadt) and University of Sussex (Rose Lock) took part in a technical workshop in Manchester. The main aim was to gain a basic … Continue reading →

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SCARLET Focus Group

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

As part of the evaluation process for the SCARLET Project, I ran a focus group on 16 November 2011 for the students in Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s “Beyond the Text: The Book and Its Body”.  During the hour-long session, I asked … Continue reading →

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Demonstration Content

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

A SCARLET demonstration channel is now available for the user community to view a sample of the project content. To access the content download the image below and print it out in colour. Next, follow the instructions illustrating the user … Continue reading →

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Technical Options Appraisal

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

At the project outset, technical architecture and choice of software was considered integral to its level of success. As the project would not be developing any technical code or services, building on existing frameworks available as open source (e.g. AR … Continue reading →

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