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Thoughts on Apple acquiring Metaio

  Since the announcement of Apples acquisition of Metaio (http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/28/apple-metaio/) last Friday I have been onset with a number of thoughts – anger, dejection, pessimism and disbelief to name a few. But the overarching emotion, without wanting to sound dramatic, having existed inside the Metaio ecosystem for the past few years, is hope. Hope that … Read more

Leeds 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 working with Craig Golding and Ruth Clark. It hopes to support students  working/studying in the music studios by displaying 3D visual overlays, technical documentation and other … Read more

Initial thoughts of wearables in Education

I have been fortunate enough over the last few weeks to get hold of a pair of Google Glass and do some initial research of potential use cases in education. As stated in previous posts, at present there are some serious limitations on their use in an AR capacity, probably the most worrying is that … Read more

insideAR 2013

insideAR is one of the biggest AR conferences in Europe showcasing the latest developments in industry, advertising, marketing and education. It was the first time I had been to the conference and I was pleasantly surprised to see how far AR has evolved in the last year, both in terms of software functionality and real … Read more

Bringing display cases to life

Have you ever wondered how the objects in display cases get chosen, or the journey they go on to arrive there? Five  Year 6 pupils from Oswald Primary School  have been chosen to guest curate one of the themes in the Rylands Gallery; the faiths cases.  Whilst providing items and interpretation peers can relate to, … Read more

Team Scarlet wins an award for innovation!

Mimas are committed to helping to bring together technology and education but it’s always lovely to get rewarded! At the 2013 Education Innovation Conference & Exhibition, Jackie Carter (Senior Manager, Learning and Teaching and Social Science Data Services at Mimas) who directs all of our AR work, accepted an award on behalf of the Scarlet … Read more

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 how AR can enhance the student experience. A special thanks to Jean Vacher, Marie-Therese Gramstadt … Read more

Landmap Showcase New Augmented Reality App at the National Science and Engineering Week

The University of Manchester has organised a week of activities to enthuse school children about studying science and engineering.  Pupils have the opportunity to get up close with some of the cutting-edge research going on at The University of Manchester and take part in a range of activities designed to inspire them to become the … Read more

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 the UK academic community at Landmap and was originally collection by The GeoInformation Group. This … Read more

It’s Alive! – presenting ‘Voices In Your Pocket’, the University of Sussex Scarlet+ AR app.

Our final AR app is complete; the combination of the skills and guidance from the Scarlet team at Mimas, material and ideas from Mass Observation and Observing the 1980s, support from University of Manchester and University of the Creative Arts and a huge range of staff and student input here at University of Sussex have … Read more