On December 26, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public program featuring the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model’s Augmented Reality Sandbox, which will be on display through January 5. The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3-D visualization applications. Simply mold the sand by hand and the landscape comes to life! The sand is augmented in real-time with an elevation color map, topographic contour lines, and simulated water. While the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model will only present the program on December 26, it is available for visitors to interact with through January 5.
This program takes place in conjunction with Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution and sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council. The exhibit explores water’s connection to all aspects of our society, including the endless motion of the water cycle, water’s effect on landscape, settlement and migration, and its impact on culture and spirituality.
Future Water/Ways events in Jackson:
December 26-January 5, all day: Augmented Reality Sandbox interactive display
January 8, 10am: Story Time with Uncle Story, Did A Dinosaur Drink This Water?
January 12, 10am: Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model presentation
January 19, 10am-2pm: Enviroscape Table interactive display
