What better way to cap the end of the 6 weeks holiday and ease the children back into learning than a trip to the British Museum in Central London. One of the capitals leading attractions the museum first opened its doors way back in 1753 as a museum of the world, for the world. But now it seems they have, quite literally, added a whole new dimension to their Ancient Greece exhibit with the addition of the Gamar app.
The Majestic British Museum
The Iconic Great Court
Those genius’ at Gamar have pain-stakingly captured the Parthenon exhibit room complete with all its relics to literally bring them to life through augmented reality software. Augmented-what-now? I hear you cry. Well it’s a very clever bit of software that uses tablet or smart phone cameras along with a free app to turn a museum tour into a fully interactive gaming experience.
The Grandiose Parthenon Room
We got to grips with one of the games available called ‘A Gift For Athena’ – Which tells the story of the Ancient mythical goddess Athena as captured on the relics from the original Parthenon structure. It’s a clue based game which has participants wandering around the exhibit room, not with their head in a tablet but, fully immersed in the exhibition trying to match relics, which when found come to life giving further puzzles, even battles, to master before moving on.
In rAPPture – Sorry, I’ll get my coat
Resurrecting Relics
The whole experience was excellent and most of all it becomes a story that is never forgotten, learning through play! (A lot more fun then thumbing through a dusty text book in our opinion.)
Enthralled and Immersed
The app is available now as a free download with both Google Play and App Store platforms. Each game is then priced at £2.49. Schools, larger groups and family visitors can take full advantage of the Samsung tablets available within the onsite Samsung Digital Discovery Centre.
Gamar on Android
Gamar on the App Store
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