XR ReadinessHeritage · APT 2025
What's new

Versions and roadmap

These tools started as a conference prototype and keep growing. Here is what has changed, and what is planned for the dissertation release.

  1. v3 · Dissertation release

    PLANNEDIn progress
    • DATANationwide dataset. Expand beyond the East North Central region toward a national repository of museum XR projects.
    • MODELData-driven scoring. Replace hand-set weights, thresholds, and booster rules with values estimated and calibrated from the data.
    • VALIDValidation. Test both tools on held-out museums and report accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and calibration.
    • FIELDApplied case study. An AR experience developed with a Chicago museum, to test how the findings translate into practice.
    • FRAMEEvaluation framework. Measurable XR traits covering historical accuracy, engagement, accessibility, and educational value.

  2. v2 · Expanded toolkit

    CURRENTNovember 2026
    • NEWExplore the data: interactive charts of adoption, odds ratios, and significance.
    • NEWXR guide: what AR, MR, and VR are, preservation uses, pilot plans by readiness level, field examples, and a searchable glossary.
    • NEWFastest path to the next level in the wizard: the smallest set of changes that would raise your result.
    • NEWSuggested XR format based on your answers, with cost, hardware, and timeline.
    • NEWShare links for both tools, so you can send your exact answers and results to colleagues.
    • NEWEvidence labels on every question, and a full methodology page.
    • NEWIntro screen with fun facts from the data. Shown once per visit, skippable, and shorter with reduced motion.
    • DESIGNNew visual identity, logo, light and dark themes, animations, and a mobile-friendly layout.
    • ACCESSAccessibility menu with high contrast, larger text, and reduced motion. Full keyboard support.
    • FIXEDBack navigation, progress tracking, flowchart arrows, and default answers that showed a result before any input.

  3. v1 · APT 2025 prototype

    ARCHIVEDNovember 2025
    • LAUNCHReadiness Wizard (nine weighted questions) and Predictive Rule Flowchart (seven questions with boosters), presented at APT International 2025 in Providence, session CS3.5.

    The scoring logic of v1 is unchanged in v2, so results remain comparable.