The Faith and Liberty Discovery Center

Credits

A Local Projects project. Lead Creative Technologist for the Conversation Booth (c++/openFrameworks) gallery, Freedom of Faith gallery (Unity & BrightSign), and the museum check-in and admin systems (vue.js, node, express). I was also a part of the install team helping with hardware integration, to deploy all software, to write/deploy devops scripts, and to calibrate the Optitrack motion-tracking cameras. Additionally, I was on the original R&D team for this project helping design and prototype the experience.

Lamp

At the Admissions Desk, visitors begin their journey by receiving The Lamp, a smart device that reflects the mission and core metaphor of the institution — illumination. Visitors pick up their Lamp at the beginning of their journey and use it throughout the galleries to engage with exhibits in surprising ways and to collect particular content that inspires them. Visitors can access their collections post-visit, via an online portal on the website, to learn more and continue their relationship with the center.

Lamp R&D

As part of the R&D phase, we prototyped the interaction design and tracking hardware for the lamp experience.

Freedom of Faith

The Freedom of Faith is a gallery exploring the relationship between freedom and faith in early America: how faith informed early colonial governments and the revolution, and what is possible with freedom of conscience, thought, and religion. Text and graphics, artifacts, and three media programs are featured, including the Roots of Faith and Liberty film, which introduces visitors to key moments of Philadelphia’s and America’s past.

Conversation Booth

In the middle of the Justice Gallery, there are two Conversation Booths where visitors are invited to share their point of view. Each booth is equipped with a 55” monitor, a smaller navigation touch screen, and high quality video and audio recording equipment. Visitors enter a booth and select one of 4 questions (on the navigation touchscreen) that relate to gallery themes and stories. Recordings can be submitted to the Faith & Liberty Discovery Center for inclusion in the Visitors’ Voices program.