Oklahoma Museum Reopens with Augmented Reality Experience
"Looking through their phone, they will see a person who represents a family member, a survivor, a first-responder, an investigator, a journalist and a volunteer ... and they'll follow their stories throughout the museum," he said.
"They're a combination of stories from the representatives of those constituent groups ... and we're allowing a person to hear directly from a survivor right next to them or from a family member."
The AR experience incorporates 3-D renders, polls, video and more, all with the goal of making the story of the bombing more personal.
"As far as I'm aware, no museum in the world is using augmented reality like this. A lot of them are making it where you'll hover over an artifact and you'll get some ancillary details about it. In this, we're actually changing the space that the visitor is in. ... You'll be able to see the Survivor Tree and stand under it inside the museum. You'll be able to see the Murrah building before it was bombed, and you'll be able move around it in the gallery space," he said.
"It is for everyone, but we targeted a younger group of people so that the experience mattered a little more to them ... We see a lot of people go through with their phones, so why not put that content in front of them."
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