Presenting the prototype in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

The first prototype of the Smart Replica we are developing is presented to the public and tested by the public during '24 uur cultuur' (24 hours of culture) at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

LikeFriends is looking for a motion gfx / ux designer

We’re excited to be working with Studio Maaike Roozenburg in bringing SmartReplica’s to life. (www.maaikeroozenburg.nl or http://smartreplicas.blogspot.nl/). As per direct (this september at the very latest) we’re looking to bring to the team a talented motion graphics designer / 3D animator. If you’re a great C4D modeler and animator, and you have a natural interest in UX, gaming and technology, you’ll love working on this project.

You’ll be working closely with our creative directors and developers in creating the AR interface and 3D content for the project. This will be an iterative process; you need to be able to quickly generate and try out new ideas, and be able to tolerate throwing most of them out. We’re looking to develop various interactive scenes that the user can play, explore, and dig into, using their physical phone as the main means of navigation. So the way we tell our story is more game-like than film-like. Your lighting and rendering skills are of less importance in this than your modelling, animating, technical and creative skills.
At the end of the project we hope to ship a fully functional prototype. If we’re succesful this prototype will become the basis for a series of museum exhibits as well as a range of consumer facing products.

If that sounds like your cup of tea, shoot an email to jasper@likefriends.nl. We look forward to having you on the team!

Smart replicas is teaming up with LikeFriends!

Studio Maaike Roozenburg is pleased and honoured to announce a new partner joining the
Smart Replicas team: creative agency LikeFriends. Their expertise in bringing digital
content to life will be of significant importance in making replicas truly ‘smart’. Creative
Director Jasper Mittelmeijer: “We love this idea of using technology to turn the museum
inside-out: making historical objects and their stories break through the museum walls and
back into everyday life.”

LikeFriends will strengthen the interdisciplinary team of Studio Maaike Roozenburg,
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Delfts Technical University and the AR(Lab) of the Royal
Academy of Arts. With the addition of LikeFriends we’re bridging the gap between
museological heritage and science and the commercial creative industry.

The team at LikeFriends will focus on information architecture and interface design for the
new prototype we’re creating. This prototype will consist of a fully AR powered Smart
replica of a beautiful 17th century teacup, ordered from Japan by the then mayor of
Amsterdam. A magnificent example of Asian-European trade, packed with stories of
mystical Japanse porcelain, sea voyages and extravagant tea parties.
If you’d like to get involved or want to follow the process of examining and constructing
this new Smart replica please check:

http://www.likefriends.nl/blog/LikeFriends