This project integrated technology and history to transform the visitor experience at the Higgins Armory Museum. The team upgraded the museum’s "Virtual Armory" website, creating a Virtual Tour with interactive and multimedia content for over a dozen pieces in the Higgins collection, including videos, animations, interactive graphics, and a Flash-based minigame. The team also implemented pilot QR code technology, allowing museum visitors to access Virtual Armory content onsite using their smartphones.

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Creator

• McLaughlin, Justin Henry
• Lipkind, Seth Michael
• Mayor, Elizabeth Laura
• He, Kai

Subject

• Culture
• Learning
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042412-161910

Keyword

• Interactive multimedia
• Web sites--Design and construction
• Museums

Advisor

• Forgeng, Jeffrey L.

Year

• 2012

Sponsor

• Higgins Armory Museum

Date created

• 2012-04-24

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright