Tag Archives: mobile

Prototyping Interactive Data Viz: 10. TREE OF LIFE

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Barry

The following is a deeper dive into one of the projects developed at the American Museum of Natural History in FY17 to help us better understand how to bring the digital work of Museum scientists to visitors through emerging media. … Continue reading →

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How long does it take a Neanderthal detective to crack the case?

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Hannah Jaris

Imagine you are staring at a spreadsheet with 99 rows of data. You have been interacting with weekend visitors at the American Museum of Natural History for several months facilitating a new interactive experience. This is the first time you … Continue reading →

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Video teaser of two upcoming museum-based science games: Flora and MicroRangers

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Barry

There are two games we’ve been developing through our youth programs in association with an exhibit opening in the Museum this fall. Flora is a card game and MicroRangers is an augmented mobile game. At last week’s internal professional development … Continue reading →

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Jamming with Dinosaurs!

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Eric Teo

I am Eric, a First Year MFA student at NYU Game Center, studying about and designing games. Barry asked me and the other interns to help put together a game jam last Sunday to support an ongoing project. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Designing Mobile Museum Experiences: Thoughts on the “Well-Played” App

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Barry

You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you just might find You get what you need — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards This weekend my 5-year old daughter taught me some important lessons about … Continue reading →

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First MicroRangers Walk-through

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Barry

Yesterday, in preparation for this Thursday’s culminating event, the high school students in MicroMuseum returned to do their first walk-through of our mobile game, MicroRanger, using the new prototype. This is always an exciting moment, as after two months of … Continue reading →

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A Critique of the Zoo App Shutterbugs, or “On Second Thought, Maybe This App Doesn’t Suck”…

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Barry

I write this post in part as an apology, in part to remind me not to repeat the error, and in part (and this is why it is public) to explore with you some fascinating lessons that can be learned … Continue reading →

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Using ARIS to Figure out “mobile locative embodied narrative-centric” games: An Interview with David Gagnon, ARIS, and Jennifer Sly, Minnesota Historical Society

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Barry

This past summer, if you happened to talk with a Museum educator with plans to run a mobile youth program, you were guaranteed to hear one word: ARIS. ARIS describes itself as “a user-friendly, open-source platform for creating and playing mobile … Continue reading →

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A Close Look at the Development of Planetmania, a Museum-Based Mobile App: an interview with developer David Schaller

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Barry

Last Fall, when I first began working in a Natural History museum, I started to look for examples of customized museum mobile apps. One of the first that came across my radar was Planetmania. There are some things I like … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Follow Me – A Youth Audio Guide Program

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Barry

During January’s Digital Learning Week, the Museum’s Youth Initiatives team brought together youth, Museum educators, and scientists for a series of programs to explore using digital tools to engage with Museum halls, collections, and research. This post about “Follow Me” … Continue reading →

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