Augmented libraries: preparing public libraries for virtual & augmented reality
This session is sponsored by Bibliotheca
VALA2020 CONCURRENT SESSION 8
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 12:00 – 12:30
Scott Mundell
- Library Technician
- Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries
Steven Mundell
- Team Leader Digital and Community Learning
- Yarra Libraries
Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala2020 #s18
Read the paper, view the video of the presentation on the VALAView channel and view the presentation slides here:
Abstract
Consumer-ready virtual reality technology has developed rapidly since its launch in 2016. With recent milestone advancements in all-in-one virtual reality headsets and exponential consumer adoption, it is the perfect time to re-evaluate the appropriateness of this technology to meet the strategic needs of Victorian public libraries. Through our project for the 2018 Margery C Ramsay scholarship we travelled to California and Nevada to research state-wide initiatives that introduced virtual reality to over 100 public libraries. This paper details the background of our project, findings and proposes what the next phase of VR in public libraries could look like.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.