{"id":162397,"date":"2021-01-25T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech\/"},"modified":"2021-01-25T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:10:51","slug":"night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"#Night at the Museum brought to life by new mixed reality tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d680de6b14\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d680de6b14\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech\/#The_mummy_returns\" >The mummy returns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech\/#Holographic_history\" >Holographic history<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/night-at-the-museum-brought-to-life-by-new-mixed-reality-tech\/#Back_to_reality\" >Back to reality<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Night at the Museum brought to life by new mixed reality tech<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            For millions of children, being dragged to a museum is a singularly painful experience, marked by time standing still rather than history coming to life \u2013 as it does in the film \u201cNight at the Museum,\u201d starring Ben Stiller.<\/p>\n<p>But that all could change with the development of new \u201cmixed reality\u201d (MR) <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, which could inject new forms of interactive storytelling into our museums \u2013 introducing holographic tour guides and immersive digital displays in place of finger-smudged glass cabinets and faded information boards.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the total immersion of virtual reality (VR), or the computer screen required for augmented reality (AR), MR uses a head-mounted glass display, similar to the Google Glass spectacles, which enables the user to see their <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">real-world<\/span>\u00a0surroundings while virtual features are overlaid on top, creating a sense of mixed perception.<\/p>\n<p>To manage this feat, MR devices are equipped with sensors that are crucial for tracking the user\u2019s movement. MR devices are also equipped with cameras, which detect cues from the environment to assist in the seamless superimposition of virtual features onto the physical world. All of this is achieved through the projection of 3D graphics onto the glass display \u2013 a process that creates a hologram.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, visitors at future MR-enabled museums might find themselves hunting for lost pirate gold, evading booby-traps, or wading through <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">crocodile-infested<\/span>\u00a0waters in search of informative clues. We tried to incorporate some of these thrilling features into <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10055-020-00497-9\">our own experimental MR study<\/a> in Cairo\u2019s Egyptian Museum \u2013 which saw guests dodging warring charioteers, and dusting for ancient relics.<\/p>\n<p>Our MR museum experiment in Cairo used <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/hololens\">Microsoft HoloLens<\/a> hardware, and new software called \u201cMuseumEye.\u201d Ancient Egypt was a wonderful period of human history to bring back to life with the help of technology \u2013 through our visuals were more akin to \u201cThe Mummy\u201d than \u201cNight at the Museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland<\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_mummy_returns\"><\/span>The mummy returns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11042-019-08026-w\">our MR museum experience<\/a>, holograms of King Tutankhamen and his consort Queen Ankhesenamun lead visitors around the museum, discussing how they used to live and demonstrating how they would use some of the 120,000 tools and artefacts on display.<\/p>\n<p>Making these ancient artifacts more accessible to visitors required us to 3D scan many of the exhibits, so that they could be rendered digitally as manipulable 3D objects. Scanned antiques were then fed into a program called \u201cUnity\u201d which helped us map hand movements onto tasks \u2013 a pinch, for instance, was coded as a command to make an artifact smaller. The MR exhibition\u2019s moving characters were modeled in the programs \u201czBrush\u201d and \u201cAutodesk Maya\u201d. As a result of this exhaustive coding work, visitors could \u201cpull items off the shelf\u201d and examine them in detail, using hand gestures sensed by the HoloLens.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we animated reenactments of how the ancient Egyptian empire once went to war, with soldiers and chariots racing around exhibition rooms. We also offered guests the opportunity to become an archaeologist for the day, unlocking treasures hidden around the museum. By scoring points on discoveries made, we turned the museum learning process into a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> \u2013 something that\u2019s been shown to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-94619-1_29\">improve educational outcomes<\/a> from museum visits.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3359590\">Some 171 museum patrons evaluated the MuseumEye application<\/a>, with over 80% finding the MR experience a significant improvement in interactivity, entertainment, and educational value. And there are other benefits: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inderscience.com\/offer.php?id=104600\">in a separate study<\/a>, we found MR guides more <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">cost-effective<\/span>\u00a0than human tour guides, with the extra ability to provide <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">real-time<\/span>\u00a0information on guest behavior and section overcrowding.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Impact of using MuseumEye (Mixed Reality using HoloLens) at the Museum of Cairo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2Yz8kr1v4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Holographic_history\"><\/span>Holographic history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A number of other museums have begun experimenting with MR. The National Holocaust Center and Museum used the HoloLens to powerful effect in their \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.springerprofessional.de\/en\/immersive-storytelling-in-augmented-reality-witnessing-the-kinde\/18527040\">Witnessing the Kindertransport<\/a>\u201d exhibition. Over in New York, the Intrepid, Air &amp; Sea Museum hosted an MR installation called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/inculture\/arts\/smithsonian-museum-day-women-making-history-dr-mae-jemison\/\">Defying Gravity: Women in Space<\/a>.\u201d And in Washington DC, the National Geographic Museum hosted \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/falconscreativegroup.com\/selected-work\/becoming-jane-the-evolution-of-dr-jane-goodall\">Becoming Jane<\/a>\u201d as a way to immerse visitors in the life and work of chimpanzee researcher Dr. Jane Goodall.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond museums, MR is being put to use with the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/holo.dentist\/\">HoloDentist <\/a> project, which helps trainee dental surgeons safely operate on virtual patients. The \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.island-labs.com\/3d-planning-rooms\/\">.rooms<\/a>\u201d project, meanwhile, uses MR to assist interior designers, allowing people to walk around and change the furniture and features in their home.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Mae Jemison and Defying Gravity: Women in Space\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kkIVhkHsV6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Back_to_reality\"><\/span>Back to reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As MR technology remains in its infancy, the devices currently available to developers are both limited and expensive \u2013 which is why the Egyptian Museum is not currently deploying the MR our team developed. One Microsoft HoloLens costs around US$3,500 (\u00a32,570), and large museums may require as many as 300 headsets to run effective MR tours.<\/p>\n<p>However, this technology does <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear set for rapid growth. After <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u2019s Oculus Rift VR headsets failed to capture the public\u2019s imagination, the company recently announced the release of their own brand of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/9\/16\/21439929\/facebook-ar-smart-glasses-ray-ban-announcement\">MR smart glasses<\/a>, scheduled for later this year. In 2020, Nreal launched the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/10\/21362407\/nreal-light-ar-glasses-lg-uplus-samsung-galaxy-note-retail-launch-availability-price\">U+ Real Glass<\/a> MR headset in Korea as a <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">cost-effective<\/span>\u00a0device for everyday use, with plans to expand sales into Japan and Europe over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Our MuseumEye software has shown how MR technology can bring history to life, delivering benefits to both museums and their guests. With the release of new, reasonably-priced MR hardware, and the further development of hologram software, we expect museums to increase their engagement with MR in the coming years \u2013 making \u2018Night at the Museum\u2019 into an everyday reality.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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