A Museum That Fits in Your Pocket
APP DEVELOPMENT | AUGMENTED REALITY
A clear and bold heading
Teaming up with Burpee Museum of Natural History, we created a mobile app that brings Burpee's collections to life and makes them accessible from anywhere, thanks to augmented reality.
Making an impressive collection more accessible
The Burpee Museum of Natural History is the home of several dinosaurs, including Jane, the world’s most complete and best-preserved juvenile T. rex; Homer, a “teenaged” Triceratops; and Pearl, a newly found Oviraptor. The museum features extensive paleontology collections, as well as exhibits on the history of the indigenous people of North America, the wildlife of the Rock River Valley, and more.
A clear and bold heading
So that Burpee could bring its exhibits to classrooms, summer camps, and living rooms around the world, we partnered to create an app that would put these artifacts in the hands of learners everywhere.
Combining marker-based and markerless augmented reality for maximum utility
Using the Burpee Museum App, anyone can augment 3D historical and natural artifacts such as a beaver skull, a T. rex claw, and more into their own physical space. Use the app to examine a fossil from all sides and study it at scale. Read about its history and where it was discovered, then snap a photo of the fossil augmented into your own environment to share.
What makes the Burpee Museum App even more unique is that it offers two different types of augmented reality experiences. Not only can the app be used to explore artifacts from anywhere in the world using markerless augmented reality, but it also includes marker-based AR experiences that can be accessed within the walls of the Burpee Museum to unlock special bonus content in each exhibit.
