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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. Research In Progress