I wandered through WNDR Boston in Downtown Crossing last week, and it was a wonderful experience! It has been on my radar for quite a while because they bill themselves as "WNDR Museum: Interactive Art Museum & Immersive Art Experience." Cool! I consider some of my work immersive art, and I make museums. The Installations … Continue reading Wonderful WNDR!
Beach Bum’s Magic Game Room
'Tis the season for games! At least it is for me, because I update my "fun" pages on my Cosma website every year around this time (Cosma is a sibling of the New Media Museum). Of course, the game page is the most fun to do. I also spruced up my New Media Museum’s Games … Continue reading Beach Bum’s Magic Game Room
Perception, Illusions & Holograms@Boston
It was just over a year ago that the New Media Museum released a guide to learning about media and computing in the Boston area. It's called NMM@Boston, and you can read about it in this post. A lot can happen in a year, so updates are in order -- there are quite a few … Continue reading Perception, Illusions & Holograms@Boston
New Welcome Center!
Step into the New Media Museum's brand-new Welcome Center! Touch the interactive 360° image to explore it. Click on objects to find out about them. If you can't see it, or it isn't working, you can also see it on Kuula. Here is an older "Virtual Museum" -- it's a field trip to the best … Continue reading New Welcome Center!
Computer Museums Lobby
Check out this newest experiment with making virtual museums! Touch the 360° image to begin exploring, objects to learn about them, "i"s to learn about the museums, and doors to enter the virtual museums. If you can't see it, or it isn't working, you can also see it directly on Kuula. Here is the backstory … Continue reading Computer Museums Lobby
Fun & Games + VR, Oh My!
Hi All! It's a Friday, before a holiday week! What better time to provide a new, fun distraction, right? It's no secret that, while I love all of the New Media Museum's Exhibits, Projects and Collections, I'm highly partial to the Immersive Interfaces Exhibit and Immersive Experiences Collections. That's why I spent a better part … Continue reading Fun & Games + VR, Oh My!
Media & Computing@Boston
I recently got into a coversation with a colleague about the media and computing related fieldtrips for high school and college students in the Boston area. We agreed that there is plenty to see if you know where to look. It struck me that a list of some of them along with links to related … Continue reading Media & Computing@Boston
Virtual Museums!
Hot off the press! The New Media Museum is experimenting with creating a virtual museum -- the goal of the this is threefold. First, it is an exercise in envisioning what a “real” museum will look like. Second, it will stand on its own as a valuable educational experience. Finally, third, the experiments will determine … Continue reading Virtual Museums!
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