Google Glassware Application Proposal for Tour it & Unboxify

1. Google Glassware Application Proposalfor Tour it & Unboxify Amrita Maharaj, Afifa Javaid, and Amanpreet Bains

2. Feedback from Archaeologists

3. Feedback from Archaeologists

4. Concerns with Glass During the interviews with Archaeologists, they expressed issues and concerns surrounding the feasibility and effectiveness of Glass • Safety of data • Connectivity • Feasibility in extreme conditions • i.e. glares, dark tunnels/caves, and windy hills/valleys • “Is it a replacement for other devices or just another piece of equipment to worry about reliance on backup data” i.e. traditional data collection via paper etc.

5. 1 Tour it Self-Guided Museum Tour

6. Idea To use Google Glass as an information service for self-guided tours around the Royal Ontario Museum.

7. The Need for Tour it Adds a layer of information onto existing exhibits Freedom to explore different sections of interest at your own leisure

8. Value Proposition This service provided by the Royal Ontario Museum will give patrons the freedom to explore exhibitions at the museum without waiting for a tour guide or a minimum sized group, and attain information about artifacts on display with more than what is featured on the nameplates for each artifact.

9. Museum Enthusiasts User Persona Title: Museum Enthusiasts/ General Public Gender: Male/Female Age: 18+ Education: (Minimum) Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeology User’s Expectations:Although familiarity with Google Glass would be ideal, users will be provided with instructional information and/or a tutorial to help aid them in their experience.

10. Museum Enthusiasts User Persona This summarizes what our users’ expectations will be: • Ability to understand and use Google Glass upon receiving instructions • Simplicity and well-explained interface • Touring the museum at one’s own pace without a tour-guide, pamphlets, and brochures Works With (associated with): • Google Glass • Self-guided tourism • Local Museum Staff

11. Museum Enthusiasts User Persona • Activities may include: • Self-guided tour initiative • Digital Tutorial/Instructions to use Google Glass • Display adjustment to view particular artifacts and exhibits • View of ‘timeline’ feature to learn more about artifacts • Option to swipe through selection of cards • Environment:The user identifies as a student who is a Museum enthusiast with a keen sense of learning and an interest historical, technical, inventive, scientific or ethnic heritage exhibits. The user possesses adequate technological skills and is comfortable using Google Glass for self-guided tours.

12. Tour it is a beneficial application for stakeholders because it encourages people to have a more interactive experience with collections at museums via multilanguage interfaces facilitated by Google Glass Stakeholders • General Public • Tourists • Members of ROM • Visiting Scholars

13. Usage Narrative for Tour it

14. Jack visits the Royal Ontario Museum and opts for the self-guided tour in which he is given a pair of Google Glasses. Jack is able to explore the exhibits roaming to areas he finds interesting. He stops at one particular exhibit and adjusts his display to see the nameplate of the artifact. Once Glass is able to recognize the name, he is presented with a timeline of options in a row of cards. Each card reads headlines like “Founder”, “Ancient History”, and “3D Model”. He swipes through the selection of cards and taps on “3D Model”. Glass presents him with a 3D rendering of the artifact he is looking at in the museum. He can swipe left to right, up or down to rotate the image. Jack is able to see a 3D model of the artifact to explore the entire image instead of just the surface he sees in the museum case. After viewing that card, he swipes down to go back to the timeline and has the option to look at other cards. Once he is done at this exhibit, he swipes down on his Glass for standby mode and is off for more exploring. Jack prefers the freedom of the self-guided tour because it allows him to explore items of interest to him at the museum. reader.

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18. 2 Unboxify Application for in the Laboratory and/or Storage facility for artifacts

19. Idea To use Google Glass as a service tool in the laboratory or storage facilities to help with cataloguing, organizing, and retrieval of artifacts uncovered in archaeological digs.

20. The Need for Unboxify Less time used for cataloging and organizing artifacts than now Use of Google Glass with QR codes will help streamline the process and aid in retrieval of items Faster processing time of artifacts

21. Value Proposition To use Google Glass as a tool that aids laboratory and storage facility workers with cataloguing, organizing, and retrieval of artifacts in a timely fashion; thereby reducing the amount of time it takes to process items when they are brought in from the field and instead contributing to the repository of knowledge about our material culture.

22. Laboratory Technicians User Persona Title: Laboratory Technician Gender: Male/Female Age: 25-60 Education: (Minimum) Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeology Experience/Professional Background: • Previous archaeological knowledge • Experience in the field of archaeology as a laboratory technician or assistant • Knowledge and understanding historical archaeological concepts and theories • Report writing skills • Organizational Skills

23. Laboratory Technicians User Persona • Works With (associated with): • Local authorities • Local museums and heritage organizations • Universities, schools, research organizations and advertising agencies • Daily activities may include the following tasks: • Conduct research on existing collection of artifacts • Organize artifacts into processing stages • Index artifacts into their categories • Analyze and interpret artifacts • Working with google glass to organize artifact collections • Indexing artifacts into boxes for future retrieval • Tagging boxes with QR codes • Providing monthly reports

24. Laboratory Technicians User Persona • Environment: • User is comfortable working for long hours in remote locations in a team environment • User has advanced skills in using geo-spatial and computer-aided design (CAD) software and technology such as Google Glass. • User has experience in writing detailed reports of artifacts and working fields, facilities, and labs.

25. Unboxify is a beneficial application for stakeholders because it reduces the amount of time needed for artifacts to be processed. Since it makes for a much faster and effective process, artifacts can then be retrieved and displayed and information about them can be published. Stakeholders • Archaeologists • Laboratory Technicians • Storage facility workers • Universities • Museums • Organizations

26. Usage Narrative for Unboxify

27. Professor Simon Fraser, is an academic instructor who also serves as an Archaeology Laboratory Technician. In preparation for an upcoming exhibit at another institution he uses Google Glass to scan QR codes attached to boxes in the storage facility. After adjusting the display on the Glass to scan the QR code, he is able to swipe on his touchpad to sort through the timeline of cards “Images”, “Inventory”, and “Notes”. He selects the “Notes” card and sees that in this box some items have been removed for 3D scanning and will be returned in a few weeks. He moves to the next box and repeats the same process to find artifacts for the exhibit. He is able to find the artifacts he needs in half the time it would have taken him without the Glass.

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