Amuseum is an ETC project team working with the MuseumLab at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to develop a mixed-reality installation inspired by the chain reaction machines found in the cartoons of Rube Goldberg. Using augmented reality, Amuseum will bring to life elements of the machines that would typically be impossible within an enclosed, public setting.. We will use the Augmented Reality Edge Network Architecture developed by the Conix Research Center to allow multiple museum guests to simultaneously experience magic moments of surprise and humor that are core elements of Rube’s original designs, and we will explore and deliver an interconnected series of AR interactions that contextually map onto and react to the museum space.
