Author: coops

One year on, and all’s well.

RescueStation, CIC set sail on July 9th 2020, from our previous port, DigitalLabs@MMU a teaching company within Manchester Met, UK. Our intent: To bring digital and innovation to the cash-poor and inspiration-rich. To include early-career digital technologists and apply their energy and enthusiasm to projects-for-good. To survive in the choppy waters of UK digital industry. […]

Digital for Museums and Heritage 4: Artefacts

This is the fourth in the series of three posts exploring digital technologies and their potential use in heritage organisations and museums with limited funds but maximum enthusiasm. In this post, we’re using 3D in another way: presenting objects and evoking their past significance – virtually. Aura, and why it’s not just about touch: Here’s […]

Digital for Museums and Heritage 3: Drones

In the previous post, we created 360 tours for the Heritage Trust for the North West (HTNW), to help present their sites to global visitors, or people who may be isolating through Covid. The final part of this work was to produce 360 video flights to give context – and some WOW factor – in […]

Digital for Museums and Heritage 2: Infotainment

In the previous post, we created some 360 tours for the Heritage Trust for the North West (HTNW), to help present their sites to global visitors, or people who may be isolating through Covid. The next project enabled us to refine the offering and address some issues arising from the previous work. Key points: The […]

Digital for Museums and Heritage 1: 360 Tours

360 Tours: Affordable solutions to the problem of access We’ve been working for Heritage Trust for the North West (HTNW) – a charity which preserves heritage sites and buildings at risk, finding better uses for them, so they can sustainably manage their own maintenance in perpetuity. As Covid-19 began to bite hard, HTNW approached us […]