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Deirdre McGaffey Schwein
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>Hello colleagues,
>
>*At your institution, do you currently have any "immersive" exhibits 
>(single exhibits, not entire exhibitions)? *
>
>We are defining an exhibit as *immersive* if it incorporates *any, not 
>necessarily all*, of the following design characteristics:
>    a. *Vertical surround*: Aspects of the exhibit extend over the 
>visitor's head or under the visitor's feet. Examples include 
>larger-than-life walk-through exhibits like the heart at the Franklin 
>institute and exhibits that you crawl inside, such as caves and coal
mines.
>    b. *Horizontal surround*: Aspects of the exhibit extend behind the 
>visitor's back (literally). Examples include exhibits that you enter 
>into, such as a cave, but not exhibits that you walk through, such as a

>tunnel at an aquarium.
>    c. *Kinesthetic Involvement*: Enables the use of the visitor's 
>whole body to navigate/explore the space or to investigate and explore 
>a phenomenon  (this is beyond walking through on a flat floor/stairs or

>sitting in a chair). Examples include crawling through a maze or 
>casting colored shadows of your body on a wall, but not exhibits where 
>visitors simply walk through a space.
>*
>We're just looking for a "yes" or "no" response.  If you could, please 
>reply by January 28th.
>*
>Thank you very much for your time,
>
>Toni

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