Rise of the (portable) machines
As the proliferation of tablet and handheld devices showcased at CES 2012 attest, mobile devices are big business. A growing number of consumers are turning away from what they perceive to be a...
View ArticleThe SCARLET Project with First Year Undergraduates
As part of the on-going development of SCARLET, beyond the pilot course, “The Book and Its Body”, a group of Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s first-year students in ITAL10300, “Contemporary Italian Culture” were...
View ArticleTips 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...
View ArticleMimas 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...
View ArticleAR(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...
View ArticleDemonstrating value
I was recently asked to blog about what I felt was the value of a JISC Project we are leading here at Sussex called Observing the 1980s. Of course one of the unforseen values of that Project was that...
View ArticleFree Webinar: Augmented Reality in Education: the SCARLET+ experience
Interested in Innovation in Education? Join our free lunchtime Augmented Reality Webinar The SCARLET+ Experience Tuesday 16th April 12.00 – 1.00pm Hear members from the award winning SCARLET team (led...
View ArticleOxford Brookes University Special Collections: creating a poster with AR
A guest blog posted on behalf of Eleanor Possart and Gerard Helmich The Archivist’s perspective I was first introduced to AR (Augmented Reality) by my colleague Gerard. Gerard is the Library’s IT...
View ArticleAR horizon scanning and Big Data
Augmented Reality has established itself over the last few years as an emerging technology without appearing to generate enough momentum to galvanise mainstream adoption, that is until now. I predict...
View ArticleLeeds College of Music AR Project
Over the past couple of months Jisc Mimas have been involved in leading the technical development of a new Augmented Reality resource around the music production studios in Leeds College of Music...
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