Hi Jon,
I completely agree. 360 and VR experiences are still in their infancy from a user interface point of view. We're still working out what does and doesn't work as a way for users to interact with these experiences. Part of that experimentation and exploration needs to include careful consideration around accessibility.
It's going to take time to establish tried and tested interfaces for these kind of experiences and a common visual language that users understand and are familiar with. Hopefully these kind of experiences will help more people to experience content that they otherwise would be unable to.
Drew
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Subject: Re: Ai Weiwei 360
Hi Drew
I was indeed impressed to see the accessibility improvements to AI Weiwei
360 when judging the GLAMi Awards at Museums and the Web 2016. I know that
360 video and VR is everywhere at the moment, and it can only be a good thing if GLAMs are working to improve accessibility in new techs like these.
JP
On 20 Apr 2016 3:42 p.m., "Drew Wilkins" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to send a bit of an update on the 360° digital exhibition
> experience we created with Animal Vegetable Mineral for the Royal
> Academy of Arts and The Space.
>
> The app has been going really well and has had over 125k users with an
> average dwell time in the experience of 4.24 minutes. It's great to
> see that this kind of digital experience can engage this many people
> for this long.
>
> You can take a look at the experience here:
>
>
> https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/ai-weiwei-360?gclid=Cj0KEQj
> w0dy4BRCuuL_e5MeqmNABEiQAq8iNIxJ1ikywsfkPqbeiquUQXgis3WrFRrEBkYvnSjcPx
> V8aAsSf8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
>
> I also wanted to send a further thank you to Jon Pratty for his
> earlier feedback on the experience. Jon, since your feedback we've
> improved the accessibility in the experience so that you can now turn
> on subtitling in the videos from a settings menu, so you no longer
> need to leave the experience to see the subtitled videos.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> jon pratty
> Sent: 01 February 2016 10:16
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> Subject: Re: Ai Weiwei 360
>
> Drew
>
> It's a glossy-looking and thoughtful production, but I'm immediately
> struck by the lack of accessibility. There's no facility for subtitles.
> Interestingly, once you're in a media piece, you can zoom the icon
> size, which is quite nice, but I'm really stuck when it comes to
> hearing the speakers. I'm sure there's great scholarship and insight
> present, and having text alternatives offers the chance for people to
> interact with that, and to search for it and use links outwards to
> enrich the learning experience.
>
> I tried the content with my laptop (an i7 Lenovo) and my Android HTC (M8).
> On the laptop it was a visual feast, but gradually felt like a funky
> 360 space with some bits of talking head-style telly embedded in it.
> On my Android, though, it came to life, because of the accelerometer
> in the phone. This made me think it'd be more fun to offer a Google
> Cardboard or Oculus version of the project. We're finding kids love
> Cardboard (if they've got a compatible phone) and it appears simple to
> manage and offers a low cost route for smaller arts orgs.
>
> Well done for taking the plunge and doing the project, though. It's
> not until you try making new content formats that you realise where
> the pinch points and the development opportunities are. Regarding your
> other questions, about alternatives to reality and limited content
> lifespan, that's a whole different set of thorny discussions!
>
> Jon
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> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Drew Wilkins <
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> > Morning,
> >
> > I wanted to share a piece of work we just built and launched with
> > Animal Vegetable Mineral for the Royal Academy of Arts and The Space.
> >
> > We were commissioned to create a 360° digital exhibition experience,
> > allowing users to 'visit' the Royal Academy of Arts' Ai Weiwei
> > exhibition with no travel required.
> >
> > You can try it for yourself on the BBC Taster Website, here:
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/ai-weiwei-360
> >
> > I'd be interested to hear what you all think of the experience?
> >
> > It also made me wonder how much scope there is for museums and
> > galleries to display content digitally as well as physically. Would
> > digital versions of exhibitions reduce physical visitor numbers or
> > actually increase them by generating more interest? Can this digital
> > approach give exhibitions a longer life or is part of the charm of
> > an exhibition the fact that it is only there for a finite time?
> >
> > I hope you enjoy the experience.
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