Digital mediation – new for the autumn of 2015

"Au service du Roy" (In the King's service). Amboise 1518.

Designed for teenagers and young adults, this innovative way of visiting the Château royal d’Amboise immerses visitors in the familiar world of heroic-fantasy games. 

Kinematics in cartoons, games of skill, speed and wit have therefore been dreamt up using the technical means of Motion capture by the firm Cent Millions de Pixels, which has also recreated the château and its interior décor as they would have looked back in 1518. This entirely scripted adventure presents the events that marked the beginning of Francis I's reign in Amboise in 1518. 

"This innovative project offers a complete, scripted itinerary based on real facts.  Not only can visitors enjoy travelling back in time, but they can also learn about real historical facts," says Marc Métay, who is heading up the project at Château royal d’Amboise. 

This interactive visitors' itinerary on mini iPad has been available since 21 September 2015, and the complete, unabridged version with English subtitles since 17 October 2015, costing €5 extra. 

Online:

• Vidéo teaser

Angers from the sky

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Angers as a City of Art and History (VAH), an interactive exhibition was on display to the public from 15 to 20 September 2015.  

This exhibition projected aerial panoramas of the city onto a big screen, immersed visitors in 360° views and gave them an innovative motion experience, in which they could interact with the scene before them with simple hand movements detected by electronic technology, the Leap Motion Controller. 

Developed by the agency 360 Images, this device caught the eye of the City of Art and History Department to give visitors the chance to take in the full breadth of old and contemporary heritage without having to make the trip in person – but with enough information to then spur them on to go and see the actual sites for themselves. 

This pilot run could, in any case, prefigure the future Interpretation Centre for Architecture and Heritage (CIAP) which is planned during the renewal of the VAH agreement. 

Online:

• Journées du Patrimoine : Prenez de la hauteur sur l’architecture et le patrimoine angevin (AngersMag, 20/09/2015)