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Testing August 17th Park Walk

Location:

  • Spring Creek Nature Trail High Park

Nodes: #1-6


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#1 Entrance - start / orientation to the trail

  • Activity:

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (traffic cross fade to birds) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Intro visual: "Welcome to the Park Walk Experience" on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Google earth zoom to google earth image of the park animation - 6 seconds

  • 4. Overlay full map on screen - 6 seconds

  • 5. Show Spring Creek Trail Map on Screen - 6 seconds

  • 6. You are here: Show close up of 'start' map image on screen - 6 seconds

  • 7. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 8. Audio instructions "Welcome to the Spring Creek Trail Experience"

  • 9. Audio information:

    • Brief background introduction to the park.

    • Explanation of the 6 points that you will visit on the trail and the various activities that will be offered for interaction ie taking photos; recording ambient sound and your own voice over audio; recording video
    • Information on how to use the default map screen and how to access the activity screen and how to browse and choose activities. "You will be able to upload and share your experiences of the Park Walk when you get home by visiting the website and uploading the experiences you have captured; add to the layers that other walkers have posted to the website with your pictures, audio and video, and create your own personal album of your park walk experience."
  • 10. Start the Park Walk: show Intro image (photo) on screen - 6 seconds

  • 11. Default screen - large map - stays on screen


#2 Crickets on the crossroads (log panorama) - Fauna

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (crickets) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Close up map view appears on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Video orientation (log video panorama) - roughtly 6 seconds

  • 4. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 5. Activites menu appears and stays on screen.

  • 6. Audio call to action: Sit down on the log, relax, close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you. Can you hear the crickets? If you want to know more about crickets go to info? on your activities menu. You might like to record what you hear. If so, scroll through the activities menu and select the 'recorder'.


#3 Inner City Sculpture - (November Pyramid, 1967. Bernard Schottlander) Aboriginal Culture

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (short musical aboriginal chant alert) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Close up map view appears on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Image orientation (photo of sculpture) - 6 seconds

  • 4. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 5. Activites menu appears and stays on screen.

  • 6. Audio call to action: Tells a short story of the aboriginal myth of the inukshuk sculpture. You might like to build your own inukshuk using the rocks nearby. Take a picture.



#4 Orange sculpture area (Flower Power, No Shoes, 1967. Mark di Suvero) with Flowers & Oak Trees - History

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (horse hooves audio alert) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Close up map view appears on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Image orientation (photo of sculpture) - 6 seconds

  • 4. Artists rendering of the historical view from that point
    100 years ago - 6 seconds

  • 5. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 6. Activites menu appears and stays on screen.

  • 7. Audio call to action: Tells a short story of the historical significance and what sort of activities might have taken place and what it may have looked like here 100 years ago.

    • Do you want to know more about the history of the Park? Go to the activities screen and select 'info?'

    • You might like to record a short story about your own history. You can add and upload your story to the website and become a part of the history of the Park, when you get home.

#5 Crossroads with Hard Ground Dogs coming from Dog Hill - Park recreational activities information& natural fauna (animals in the park) for kids & big kids

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (dogs barking audio alert) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Close up map view appears on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Image orientation (video of dogs (need to create this)) - 6 seconds

  • 4. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 5. Activites menu appears and stays on screen.

  • 6. Identify and zap the animals game - Audio call to action: This park is a great place for walking your dog. Parts of the Park allow dogs to be off their leads. Have you seen dogs/animals along the trail? You might like to take some pictures of different dogs that you see, to upload to the website when you get home. Keep a count how many animals you see along the trail: by using the animals screen you can scroll to select the animals you see.

    • You can take pictures of the animals for your album and upload them to the website when you get home. Keep track of how many different sorts of animals that you see along the trail by selecting the animal on the animals menu and then zapping the animal by pressing the joystick button – this will automatically create a tally.

#6 Allotment Gardens - flora (identification of species)

  • 1. Vibration and Audio alert (bees buzzing) - 6 seconds

  • 2. Close up map view appears on screen - 6 seconds

  • 3. Image orientation (image slide show of the gardens) - 6 seconds

  • 4. LISTEN visual appears on screen - 3 seconds

  • 5. Activites menu appears and stays on screen.

  • 6. Identify and find out about the plants and trees game - Audio call to action: This park is a great place to find out more about the indigenous plants and trees of this region. Try to identify the plants and trees that you see along the trail. You can find out about the plants and trees that you can identify along the trail: by using the plants & trees screen you can scroll to select the plants and trees that you see. To find out more select the picture of the species that you have identified.

    • You might like to take some pictures of different plants and trees that you see, to upload to the website when you get home. By doing this you will help us to identify species in the park and you can add to the plants and trees gallery on the website. You can also take pictures of the plants and trees for your own album and upload them to the website when you get home.

Technical Notes:

  • To get Default screen (large map) - press start button
  • To get Activity Screen - press menu button
  • Browse Activity Screen - scroll menu options with joystick
  • Select menu option - press joystick
  • Go back to Default screen (large map) - press start button
  • Kill application - press 0 x 3
  • Menu items with icons:
    1.camera
    2. recorder
    3. video
    4. info?
    5. animals (with nested sub screen icons)
    6. Flora - plants and trees (with nested sub screen icons)

    After leaving a zone, the screen would revert to the last screen used
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