Become a Virtual Reality Explorer in Cerámica de los Ancestros

Virtual Reality Experiences Await Discovery

The Cerámica de los Ancestros gallery is laced with invisible Virtual Reality (VR) links to immersive and informative content from around the Web. The links float invisibly atop many of the exhibit panels. Use your phone or tablet to reveal these Virtual Reality links to 360º panoramas of rainforests and ancient ruins, videos of indigenous people discussing their lifeways and the secrets of their homelands, as well as documentaries about archeological explorations both past and present. The Virtual Links are designed to help you take your exploration beyond our walls; to resources from around the web. The content is not ours, but rather interesting features and points of view from the wider world.  If you choose to explore, please share your experiences and discoveries in the comments sections of this blog.

Gather Up Your Virtual Reality Explorer's Tool Bag

You'll need a tool and data to get started. To reveal the Virtual world around you 

1. load the Aurasma app on your iOS or Android device,
   (http://sn.im/aurasmaios or http://sn.im/aurasmaandroid)
2. visit http://sn.im/ceramica to load our data, and
3. point your camera at the special panels. 

You can also find the VR content by reading through this blog if you aren't able to visit our Museum in-person. We want everyone to have a chance to learn more.

Seeking Out the Virtual Reality Labels

Each of the 7 Central American regions presented in this exhibition opens with three panels

1. Region, 
2. Indigenous People and 
3. Focal Site. 

After loading Aurasma and our data (1 & 2 above), point your camera at any of these panels and Virtual Reality images will appear atop the panels. Tap the images, or wait a few seconds and the links will load automatically.

When visiting the 360º panoramic images for the first time,  you will see a graphic inviting you to download a panorama viewer. You don't need it. Just click no and the panorama will load in Aurasma. 

Explore and Enjoy. And remember to share your thoughts in the comments.