The EcoRaft Project: A Multi-Device, Multi-User

Museum Exhibit

Bill TomlinsonUC Irvine

wmt@uci.eduMassive Games Event

4/20/06

Museum Exhibit about Restoration Ecology

• Virtual islands

• Collecting boxes

• Restore habitat

Collaboration

• Computer scientists• Ecologists• Museum staff• Educators• Animators• Sound designers

• Nicholas Fdn. • Emulex• Calit2

Implementation

• Synthetic Characters code base

• IrDA and Ethernet

• JOGL graphics

• Accelerometers

• Webcams

Evaluation

• 2500 prototype testers at Discovery Science Center, SIGGRAPH, and other venues.

• 40 interviews

Future Work

• Network of regional exhibits

• Six science centers and museums so far

• Other multi-devicesystems

Demo tonight!

• Upstairs, room 3100