Let’s bring science, nature and culture to life with AR technology!

AR technology has advanced significantly over the past few years, making the jump from the gaming world to attractions and museums across the globe. Fun and engaging AR experiences can present information in a way that connects with visitors. Instead of presenting passive displays, we’d like to use this technology to allow users to participate and to make new connections as scenes come to life. In addition, we’d like to use this technology to provide context: to place objects in different locations, peeling back layers and telling their stories from new perspectives. The content can take the form of video, text, 3D images and more.

AR you ready?

The Leibniz Research Museums and A MAZE. / Berlin 2021 - 10th International Games and Playful Media Festival are pleased to invite you to:

A MAZE. Museum Online Hackathon

to  develop a fun, interactive, educational AR experience to bring museums to life within two days.

  • Date & Time: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 10 a.m. to Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. (UTC+2)
  • Format: Digital
  • Free admission with limited participants or teams (max. 50 persons) 
  • Hackathon will be in English via Discord
  • Registration deadline: Thursday, May 05, 2022
  • Call & Registration for yourself or your team here
WHO?

Meet AR-creators and artists from around the world, connect to others interested in museums, work with experts from the Leibniz Research Museums. All idea submissions will be featured on the Research Museums’ website – and if your idea is chosen by the jury, we’d like to implement your AR-experience!

WHY?

We love science, new technologies and culture and we want to create experiences – with you and with the rest of the world. Watch our video

HOW?

By creating a concept or prototype for an AR-experience. We want to bring people together, make science and culture more accessible, understandable, useful and enjoyable.

During the A MAZE. Awards on May 17 at A MAZE. / Berlin 2022 a shortlist of the concepts will be presented and the prototypes will be exhibited.

Following the Game Jam on May 15, 2022, representatives of the Research Museums and AR experts will join the virtual A MAZE. stage for a panel discussion: "AR we ready? Museums and Augmented Reality"

  

A MAZE. Museum Online Game Jam is part of the official program of A MAZE. / Berlin 2022 - 11th International Games and Playful Media Festival, is supported by the Aktionsplan Leibniz Research Museums and hosted by A MAZE. in cooperation with the following Leibniz Research Museums:

  • Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – Leibniz Research Museum for Geo-resources (DBM)
  • Deutsches Museum, Munich (DM)
  • German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, Bremerhaven (DSM)
  • Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg (GNM)
  • Museum Koenig – Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn (LIB)
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum – Leibniz Research Institute for Archaeology, Mainz (RGZM)
  • Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt am Main, Görlitz, Dresden (SGN)

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