1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Peabody Natural History Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, 2 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 3 Institute of Arctic Biology, Department of Biology and Wildlife, and University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fai...

To increase the interest and engagement of middle school students in science and technology, the InterFaces project has created virtual museum guides that are in use at the Museum of Science, Boston. The characters use natural language interaction and have near photoreal appearance to increase and presents reports from museum staff on visitor reaction.

Nicholas G. Crawford1,*, Brant C. Faircloth2, John E. McCormack3, Robb T. Brumfield3,4, Kevin Winker5 and Travis C. Glenn6 Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Museum of Natural Science, and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA...

Nicholas G. Crawford1,*, Brant C. Faircloth2, John E. McCormack3, Robb T. Brumfield3,4, Kevin Winker5 and Travis C. Glenn6 Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Museum of Natural Science, and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA...

AFFILIATIONS: EPSTEIN—Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; MCCARTHY—Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts CORRESPONDING AUTHOR ADDRESS: Paul R. Epstein, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School, Landmark Center, 401 Park Dr., Boston, MA 02215 E-mail: [email protected]...

Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; and University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Address correspondence to Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101. E-mail: j...

The 2011 opening at the Computer History Museum of the world’s largest and most complete physical and cyber exhibit of computing history marks the sixth stage of a public museum’s evolution, which began in 1975 with a closet-sized exhibit in a Digital Equipment Corporation building, migrating to The Computer Museum, Boston. It now lives in an 119,000 square foot public home in Silicon Valley. T...

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The Earth Theater at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Carnegie MNH) in Pittsburgh is an all-digital partial dome display, an immersive theater. Our current offerings include an Egyptian temple, a virtual dinosaur exhibit, a Seneca Village, and a simulated Ant Mound. Each one is a three-dimensional virtual world, which a docent can navigate at will while providing a guided tour. Each virt...