A collaboration between Nebraska Public Media Labs and the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM) allows visitors to virtually travel back in time to prehistoric Nebraska and get a feel for how it has changed over the millennia.
Visitors to “Expedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience” can use laptops, mobile devices and soon VR (virtual reality) headsets to “meet” some of the animals that lived and died during the millions of years before humans migrated to the Great Plains.
To visit “Expedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience” on the web go to ExpeditionNebraska.org. Versions for mobile devices are available now in the Apple App and Google Play stores.
The collaboration is among the first of its kind between a museum and a public media company. It leads the way in creating the next generation of public media, demonstrating the potential for these sorts of emerging media collaborations between cultural institutions.
The journey begins in a courtyard set within a landscape resembling Nebraska’s Sandhills during a summer sunset. As visitors move virtually through the courtyard, they encounter photogrammetrically rendered models of animals – including Nebraska’s iconic Archie the mammoth skeleton – giving a sense of actual size and scale.
New Virtual Museum Allows Visitors to Travel Back in Time to Prehistoric Nebraska
Visitors to “Expedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience” can use laptops, mobile devices and soon VR (virtual reality) headsets to “meet” some of the animals that lived and died during the millions of years before humans migrated to the Great Plains.
To visit “Expedition Nebraska: A Natural History VR Experience” on the web go to ExpeditionNebraska.org. Versions for mobile devices are available now in the Apple App and Google Play stores.
The collaboration is among the first of its kind between a museum and a public media company. It leads the way in creating the next generation of public media, demonstrating the potential for these sorts of emerging media collaborations between cultural institutions.
The journey begins in a courtyard set within a landscape resembling Nebraska’s Sandhills during a summer sunset. As visitors move virtually through the courtyard, they encounter photogrammetrically rendered models of animals – including Nebraska’s iconic Archie the mammoth skeleton – giving a sense of actual size and scale.
New Virtual Museum Allows Visitors to Travel Back in Time to Prehistoric Nebraska