British Museum to offer visitors augmented-reality games
The British Museum is to offer visitors a tablet-based games app featuring augmented reality to help tell the story of some its most significant exhibits.
The program, which will run on a set of Samsung devices owned by the museum, is intended for use by children aged 7-14 who are visiting the museum on school trips. Pupils will use the app in groups of two or three, the museum said.
The technology will provide guided tours of between 30 and 45 minutes – featuring “tasks and minigames incorporated within a wider overarching story” – and covering three of the attraction’s most popular galleries dedicated to: the Parthenon; the Roman Empire; and the Sutton Hoo archaeological site. ...
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