iPhone app uses multiple devices to extend gaming experience

Posted by Becky Horsfall in Apps, Blog Posts, Design, Digital, Innovation, Interactive on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 2:06 pm | No Comments

In my role as a Digital Producer it’s my duty to play with apps, iPhones, iPads and any bit of kit I can get my hands on. I regularly download apps and look out for innovative uses of technology to help inspire the work we do here at Imagemakers. Now I’ve justified spending many hours playing on my iPhone I’d like to share with you an app that allows a multiplayer, shared-screen gaming experience using Bluetooth technology. The game, Johnny Test: Roller Johnny stretches across multiple iOS screens (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) using Bluetooth to create a larger...

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Is gamification the future of interpretation?

Posted by Paul in Apps, Blog Posts, Digital, Heritage, Interactive, Social Media on Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 12:48 pm | No Comments

After speaking earlier this year at the Dehongli Cymru / Interpret Wales conference, ‘Knowing your apps from your elbows’, I am really pleased to have been asked to contribute to the latest Dehongli Cymru / Interpret Wales newsletter. At the conference I shared my thoughts on how the psychology of motivation can be used when thinking about interpretation in order to get visitors interested in learning and participating. Coming from a psychological background it’s something that I feel very strongly about but is so often overlooked or not thought of at...

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i-explore featured in Ecclesiastical & Heritage World

Posted by Liz in Apps, Blog Posts on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at 10:01 am | No Comments

We really feel that there is such a great opportunity to use mobile phones as an interpretation tool. It’s lovely to see that Ecclesiastical & Heritage World think the same and have featured our ‘i-explore’ app structure this month and how it can help heritage sites go digital and save money. You can read the article...

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Bugs Count App Recognised at National Lottery Awards

Posted by Liz in Apps, Blog Posts, Design, Digital, Interactive, Social Media on Monday, November 7th, 2011 at 1:59 pm | No Comments

Great news that OPAL and Natural History Museum has been recognised as one of the UK’s best environmental projects at the National Lottery Awards 2011 and that our Bugs Count app is featured! Read all about it...

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5 stars for Bugs Count App

Posted by Liz in Apps, Blog Posts, Uncategorized on Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 2:59 pm | No Comments

Our Bugs Count app for the Natural History Museum is getting great reviews on the Apple store: 12 Sep – 5 stars:  Really interesting and easy to use 5 Sep – 5 stars:  Very good app. At last I can find out what all these critters are 28 Sep – 5 stars:  Beautiful images and very well laid out app. Very informative. Worldwide versions please!! 3rd Oct – 5 stars: ...

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