Spring 2014 Project:
Metamorphic (Virtual Flapbook)
Interactive “Playable” Book
Built using Unity 3d
Deliverables:
Facsimile Builds Published for Penn State Library Digital Archives
Web Portal: https://sites.psu.edu/play
About/Collaborators
•Learning as Playing: Interactive Archive of 17th- to 19th-Century Metamorphic Children’s Books
•Collaboration with Penn State University Libraries
•Sandy Stelts: Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
•Linda Friend: Head, Scholarly Publishing Services
•Professor Jacqui Reid-Walsh: Education, Language & Literacy Education and Women’s Studies: https://ed.psu.edu/directory/jxr67
Carlos Rosas, Professor in Charge, New Media Art and Interdisciplinary Digital Studio [now Digital Arts and Media Design Program]
Mat Kenyon, Associate Professor [now at the University of Michigan]
Brian Maynard, undergraduate Libraries intern for Unity development
Seth Wieder, undergraduate Libraries intern for Unity development
Caitlyn Schaeppi, undergraduate Libraries intern for Unity development
Lindsay Labonia, undergraduate, concept for web
Joshua Zong, undergraduate, concept for web
Sarah Nesbitt, graduate, photo and media
Brandi Lynn Morris, undergraduate, photo and media
Spring 2014: AA 310 Collaborative Studio Class, finalized published facsimiles of original flap books
Archives
Web Portal: https://sites.psu.edu/play
Outcomes
News/Press: https://news.psu.edu/story/333726/2014/11/07/arts-and-entertainment/learning-play-faculty-and-staff-work-animate
Presented at: Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference BUDSC15, University of Penn Libraries Keystone Digital Humanities Conference 2015
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