Gido Hakvoort – Andrew Lewis New Technology in Digital Heritage: Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Ubiquity, and the History of the Future Gido Hakvoort – Andrew Lewis

Introduction Do.Collaboration Who we are What we do Resources Current Research Multi-touch and Mobile Technology Sensing the Museum Environment Computer Assisted Cuneiform Reconstruction Augmented Reality

Do.Collaboration: Who Are We? Multidisciplinary Team Scientists Computer Programmers Artists Museum and Business Professionals Open to GLAMs and SMEs Research Consultation Museum Hackspace

Do.Collaboration What Do We Do? For GLAMs Cutting edge soft & hardware Improve visitor engagement For SMEs Access to GLAM markets Access to facilities they can't afford Access to leading academics & programmers For Academics Enrich research working with GLAM Bigger Audiences, More exciting projects

Resources £2.4m ERDF project 4 ‘GLAM’ partners (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums): Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Library of Birmingham Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (world heritage site) Worcesterhire HIVE Network of 60+ SMEs Prototyping Hall £1.5m ‘Prototyping Hall’ to user testing digital outputs Co-produced by GLAMs, SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), and academics 3x2m 3D multi-touch wall 4 x 65-inch 3D vertical screens 3 x rugged touch tables (one 3D) 2 x multi-touch projection solution Multiple tablets and smart phones Multi-User tracking system with 16 camera Observation booth

Research: Current Funded Projects Studying collaborative work EU-funded Regions of Knowledge: Smart cultures AHRC-funded CoPs and Robbers £.1.5m AHRC-funded Cultural Intermediaries in partnership with University of Salford, Liverpool John Moores University, BCU, City University, and University of Cardiff Multi-user touch table apps to allow young visitors at the National Space Centre to learn about careers in science (produced by one of our SMES in partnership with the National STEM Centre) to help undergraduates to learn Italian (funded by CLAD) to help researchers translate and study UB’s Mingana Collection of Islamic manuscripts (funded by JISC) to explore the challenges of 3D multi-touch interface interaction (AHRC-funded with archaeologists from the University of Wales)

Research: Multi-platform projects Delivering datasets via touch table/Augmented Reality smart phones/websites In Development £.1.5m AHRC-funded Cultural Intermediaries In the pipeline The French in London map-based £900k AHRC submission with University of Westminster, Museum of London, British Library Tate Modern and Paris Photo to enable access to photo books within public display spaces EU projects re gaming and sensors ARHC “Care for the Future” With Library of Birmingham, University of Chicago, and GLAM partners

Research In Progress