HULK HEARD INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HOW MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES ARE TRYING AUGMENTED REALITY AS A PLATFORMS TO KEEP THEIR PREVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE HIGH!
JANE MCGONIGAL IS EVEN TAKING AT STAB AT THE PROBLEM WITH LAUNCHING AN EVENT AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY!
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/01/jane-mcgonigal-and-nypl-present-find-future-game
IF THE PRESENTATION REMAINS CONSISTENT, AND THE MARKETING ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPE OF PACING, THEN YES! THE EVENT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL!
HOWEVER, WILL THIS BE THE MAGIC BULLET THAT SAVES LIBRARIES FROM THE DIGITAL SHADOW OF OUR NEW FOUND LOVE OF KINDLES?!?
DOUBTFUL!
HULK REALLY LOVES A GOOD LIBRARY! BUT THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF IS ALWAYS A MIXED BAG! EVERY NCE IN A WHILE YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE COOL LIBRARIAN THAT HAS THEIR OWN WOW CLAN OR FIGHTS CRIME ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THE REST HOWEVER ARE IN A SMALL NICHE THAT HAS THE UNFORTUNATE STIGMA OF BEING ABRASIVE, WHICH THE WORLD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLACING ON THEM!
MAYBE PERHAPS THEY REMIND US TOO MUCH OF THE OLD WAYS OF LEARNING WHERE THE TEACHER WAS 50 YEARS + IN AGE AND WAS STRINGENT ON EVERY TOPIC BEING TAUGHT?!?
HULK PERSONALLY FEELS THEY NEED A WAY TO BEND THAT OLD KNOWLEDGE INTO A NEW PRESENTATION! MAYBE PERHAPS THE LIBRARIES THEMSELVES ARE MORE LIKE COFFEE NOOKS OR PERHAPS A GLASS CASTLE? HULK IS NOT ENTIRELY SURE! WHAT HULK IS SURE ABOUT IS THAT THEY NEED TO EXPLORE THE NEW WORLD WE LIVE IN AND BEND IT TO THEIR MEDIUM!
MUSEUMS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AND ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THINGS LIKE FACE BOOK AND AUGMENTED REALITY! THEIR PROBLEM IS THAT THEY HAVEN'T GONE FAR ENOUGH. TRANSFORM THE LIBRARIES TEMPORARILY INTO A VIDEO GAME LIKE SAY ASSASSINS CREED! ITS A FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BRAND THAT LOOKS INTO HISTORY! MUSEUMS NEED TO DO THE OPPOSITE!
No comments:
Post a Comment