Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
Another experimental panorama, this time at the Imperial War Museum. Most of the main attractions are set as highlights, but Microsoft Silverlight is very frustrating in that it doesn’t allow users to hover over something in the scene and find out more. In fact it’s not very good at displaying Read more …
A test of the Android WordPress application and postings from my mobile. Neat!
I was recently prompted to pay a long overdue visit to the Horniman Museum, round in Forest Hill, south east London. So last Sunday morning Oliver and I set off for the day. Wow, it had changed incredibly since my last visit, back in the days when I was working Read more …
I’m always wary of technology for technology’s sake, but not only is this a fantastic technical feat and a high quality image, it’s also delivered via a rather slick interface … Paris 26 Gigapixels – Interactive virtual tour of the most beautiful monuments of Paris.
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My experiment with Augmented Reality (AR) at Kew has just been featured on the Layar blog … It uses the Porpoise PHP to deliver the xml-based API, and reusues images and content from the www.kew.org/trees website that I managed. It has also had a mention on cnet.co.uk and csmonitor.com