Virtual Tours
Explore the Cathedral
Developed for Manchester Cathedral, this interactive allows visitors to explore numerous locations around the cathedral, from the comfort of a touch screen kiosk. This makes it ideal for both disabled visitors and the general public, as it provides access to areas that are closed to visitors, or those which are difficult to access.
Explore the Cathedral offers thirteen locations to explore in 360 degrees, and provides detailed information at each location as points of interest. These points are presented through photographs, video and interactive music.
Virtual Burton 1881
Virtual Burton 1881 was a mammoth undertaking, created for the Bass Brewery (now Coors), in Burton upon Trent. The interactive is a
database-driven, virtual recreation of Burton, set in Victorian times. Visitors can interact with any of a dozen characters from the town’s past, ask them questions, learn about their lives, and follow them on their day around the town. During the day, characters may meet and interact with other characters, allowing visitors the opportunity to leap from one story to another.
Originally developed as a touch screen kiosk for the visitor centre at the Brewery, the interactive was re-purposed as an interactive CD-ROM called Victorian Britain for the educational market, targeting Key Stage 2 history and literacy.
© Continuum Group
Interface design – Mike Auty, madewithpixels
3D modelling – Simon Ackerley, ay-pe and Philip Henderson, Rumour 3D
Post production – Richard Playford, ay-pe
Cave Art
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and is home to Britain’s only known Ice Age rock art, dating back 13,000 years. Some of the art can be viewed on guided tours, but not all is accessible to the public due to its fragile nature and difficult access.
One of the interactives I developed for a new visitor centre at Creswell Crags is the Cave Art virtual tour. This dual screen, touch screen kiosk, allows exploration of the caves in 360 degrees with the ability to zoom in closer on the drawings and engravings to learn more about them. Using their finger as a virtual brush, visitors can paint lines on the screen to highlight where they think the engravings are. Once the art is revealed, visitors will see how well they did.
