Welcome Michael, and what an opening question!
My general impression is that prices for equipment for creating and viewing
AR/VR are coming down, but that expertise in creating genuinely good
virtual or augmented reality experiences is still relatively scarce.
The pace of change might mean that it's difficult to produce outputs at the
same level of quality - each project will probably unmistakably be a
product of its time, and projects with a longer lead time for content
creation and hardware purchases may look dated more quickly than more agile
projects.
I'd love to hear what others things (with a gentle reminder that talking
about your commercial product is ok but spamming us is counter-productive -
i.e. don't post something you'd hate to see a competitor post about their
own product).
Cheers, Mia
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On 23 November 2016 at 16:16, Michael White <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've been following the discussions in this community via the MCG listserve
> for several years now, and they are always a great way to see what's
> happening but also to tap into people's experiences and knowledge in many
> areas, so I thought this community was a logical first step before
> tackling a new assignment I've been given to do research into how VR and AR
> is being used.
>
> I've been asked to compile a kind of research paper/white paper for use at
> Parks Canada (general info and trends research and a scan of what's
> currently being done) on the ways that museums, parks, historic sites and
> similar cultural and natural heritage institutions, are using AR and VR,
> what the trends are, what the concerns/issues are, what's worked and what
> hasn't, and what applications seem to have the best return on investment.
>
> We're seeing a lot of staff working in Canada's national parks and historic
> sites expressing interest in both VR and AR, which is not surprising, and
> we are increasingly getting pitches from partners and companies on a large
> range of VR and AR products and services, but we haven't done a lot of
> thinking nationally yet into how best to tackle these technologies in a
> cost effective manner that can be scaled across a system where some places
> have lots of resources and others have very limited resources. The
> challenge for us is always trying to maintain a certain consistency of
> quality level while offering digital media products and programming across
> a system of 150 locations with widely varying digital expertise, staff and
> time resources, and public infrastructure and visitation.
>
> If anyone has any advice or experiences they'd like to share, or knows of
> any existing reports that are similar or touch on parts of this then we'd
> very much appreciate the intel.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Michael White
>
> Analyste principal de la recherche - Nouveaux médias, Direction de
> l'expérience de la marque
> Parcs Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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