Digital Creativity for Regional Museums: Immersive Experiences Smart Commissioning Toolkit

地区博物馆的数字创意项目是约克高尔项目的后续项目；约克博物馆信托基金、格拉斯哥大学和约克大学成功地合作，专门为博物馆设计创新型身临其境的媒体装置。该项目由人机交互、考古、展览设计和数字艺术等领域的专家组成的混合团队领导，成功地开发了创新的数字装置，展示了博物馆可以成为体验实验性和新兴媒体形式的场所。大约有7万人访问了该团队制作的装置，其中70%是第一次体验VR。WWYG项目及其前身Viking VR之所以能够成功，是因为这两个项目都植根于当地的创意社区。通过与该项目有关的一系列联网和黑客活动，形成了一个不同的社区：(A)对WWYG项目作出了贡献，(B)成为新项目和倡议的跳板。我们的研究表明，通过参与动态和反身性的协同设计，博物馆有能力成为区域数字创意的催化剂、孵化器和场所。区域博物馆数字创意项目的目标是创建一个身临其境的媒体智能调试工具包，使这一做法能够在其他区域和地方创意经济体中复制。该工具包将供博物馆和创意数字中小企业使用，以支持身临其境的媒体项目的启动和联合制作。它的设计将促进跨机构的讨论，并使非专家(博物馆或沉浸式媒体)能够有意义地参与设计过程。该工具包将用于支持合作伙伴参与四种形式的活动：(1)建立关系(2)产生想法(3)可持续项目管理(4)在项目的整个生命周期内进行知识交流。工具包用户将被引导通过创建和交付沉浸式媒体项目，并将被提示根据他们的需求和他们合作伙伴(S)的需求在不同阶段从事不同形式的活动。还将向用户提供关于如何利用他们的项目在其区域创意经济中推动知识、想法和技能交流的建议。

The Digital Creativity for Regional Museums project follows on from the Within the Walls of York Gaol Project; a successful collaboration between York Museums Trust, the University of Glasgow and the University of York to design innovative immersive media installations specifically for a museums context. The project, led by a mixed team of specialists in human computer interaction, archaeology, exhibition design and digital arts, successfully developed innovative digital installations which demonstrated that the museum could be a 'go to' venue to experience experimental and emerging media forms. Approximately 70,000 people accessed installations produced by the team of whom 70% experienced VR for the first time. The success of the WWYG project and its predecessor Viking VR was possible because both projects were rooted in the local creative community. Through a series of networking and hack events associated with the project a diverse community developed which: (a) contributed to the WWYG project and (b) acted as a springboard for new projects and initiatives. Our research demonstrated that by engaging in dynamic and reflexive collaborative design the museum has the capacity to be a catalyst, incubator, and venue for regional digital creativity. The goal of the Digital Creativity for Regional Museums project is to create an Immersive Media Smart Commissioning Toolkit which enables this practice to be replicated within other regional and local creative economies. The toolkit will be for use by museums and creative digital SMEs to support the initiation and co-production of immersive media projects. It will be designed to facilitate cross-institutional discourse and to enable non-specialists (in museums or immersive media) to participate meaningfully in the design process. The toolkit will be designed to support collaborative partners to engage in four forms of activity; (1) Relationship building (2) Idea Generation (3) Sustainable Project Management (4) Knowledge Exchange throughout the lifespan of a project. Toolkit users will be guided through the creation and delivery of an immersive media project and will be prompted to engage in different forms of activity at different stages according to their needs and the needs of their partner(s). Users will also be provided with advice on using their project to drive the exchange of knowledge, ideas and skills within their regional creative economy.