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The book Augmented Reality in Museum Exhibits: User Experiences is the 13th volume in the museum studies collection published by Caleidoscópio in collaboration with the Portuguese Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage. I was truly honored that my Ph.D. dissertation joined this collection, side by side remarkable thesis and authors, and thankful to the editors for the support and revisions. My work is thus officially published in English (thesis format) and in Portuguese (book format) and hopefully makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of museum visitor experiences with technology.
The book is now for sale at the stores of Portuguese museums and palaces, and in selected bookstores. A formal book release ceremony will be held in June of 2019.
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The article “Concerns and Challenges Developing Mobile Augmented Reality Experiences for Museum Exhibitions” has been published in Curator The Museum Journal issued by Wiley. This is one more paper sharing the results and conclusions from my doctoral research and tries to serve the museum professionals community on their decisions of adopting augmented reality technology onto exhibits. Look for the abstract on the Publications page.
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The article “Reinventing Object Experiences with Technology” has been published in the Journal Exhibition. This beautifully designed and highly informative journal is the work of the National Association for Museum Exhibition, under the umbrella of the American Alliance of Museums. This issue is entirely dedicated to ‘object experiences’ and our article discussing visitors’ experiences with the skeleton collection at the Bone Hall via augmented reality technology fit perfectly with the theme. Look for the abstract on the Publications page.
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The article “Augmented Reality: the new kid on the block” has been published in the Journal of Natural Science Illustration issued quarterly by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. The article is a written version of the workshop I taught at the GNSI Annual Conference in Asheville NC and provides an overview of AR technology and why it can be of relevance to science illustrators. Look for the article on the Publications page.
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I will remember the day of July 7 (7-7-2017!) for a long time – the day that I successfully defended my PhD in Digital Media. My deep appreciation goes to my advisor at the University of Porto, Professor José Azevedo, and my co-advisor at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, Robert Costello. I am also grateful for the insightful comments and discussion promoted by the jury at the defense: Professor Pedro Casaleiro, Professor Ana Delicado, Professor Nuno Correia and Professor António Coelho. Read about my doctoral studies at the Research page and download the thesis at the Publications page.
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One more Museums and the Web conference, this time in Cleveland OH. Always a great gathering of museum professionals, very inspirational! I contributed a presentation and peer-reviewed paper in the proceedings, discussing part of the findings from the doctoral research. Find the article on the Publications page.
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Our article “Skin & bones: an artistic repair of a science exhibition by a mobile app” has been published in the journal MIDAS, in a special edition dedicated to science and art. In the article, we discuss the importance of artistic creativity in the production of several aspects of the mobile app Skin & Bones. Look for the article on the Publications page.
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My friends at the Brazilian Society of Ichthyology invited me to write an article for their online bulletin. I selected to talk about 3D digital illustration applied to the representation of fishes in scientific journals. Find the article in the Publications page.
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A new edition of the Journal of Natural Science Illustration is out. It includes an article I wrote entitled “The Sequential Art in Science”, about the use of comics as an art form to communicate science and a review of the book “Beetles and Other Insects” by Bernard Durin, one of my favorite insect illustrators. Download both articles in the Publications page.
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A new post for the Visual Nature column at Visual Loop. Read it here and below.
Reconstructing Ourselves
A visit to the Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) makes us come across eight heads, each inside a display case. They are tridimensional reconstructions of hominid heads, eight different species that represent the current knowledge about human ancestry, from 6-7 million years ago to the first records of our own species. Each of them gaze at the viewer with a bone chilling liveness. (more…)
