Hall of Asian Mammals,
American Museum of Natural History

We propose an interface which provides "flashlights" for visitors to explore the space within the existing dioramas. When visitors shine the flashlight onto an active area of the scene, additional information would be projected onto the diorama surfaces from projectors up above.

We believe such an interface would encourage visitors to look more closely at the existing artifacts as well as provide a mechanism to provide additional context of the habitat and cultural and historical issues. It also provides a mechanism to bring life in the dioramas and for display of related information in the appropriate context while leaving the existing historical dioramas intact.

Examples of content for projections:
• video clips of additional animals present in the presented habitat (eg. egrets flying above water buffalo)
• small parsed facts about the animals/plants/habitat of the scene
• examples of historical cultural artifacts related to animals or plants in the scene
• current related cultural or political information (eg. endangered species)