Editors’ Choice: Introducing Booksnake: A Scholarly App for Transforming Existing Digitized Archival Materials into Life-Size Virtual Objects for Embodied Interaction in Physical Space, using IIIF and Augmented Reality

Digital Humanities Now 2026-04-08

Summary:

Editors’ Summary: This paper introduces a new mobile app named “Booksnake” that takes a unique approach toward using immersive technology in the humanities. It allows users to display archival materials virtually through projecting a piece of archival document to the user’s surrounding environment via a phone camera. The authors both present theoretical engagement on how […]

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https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/editors-choice-introducing-booksnake-a-scholarly-app-for-transforming-existing-digitized-archival-materials-into-life-size-virtual-objects-for-embodied-interaction-in-physical-space-using/

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Authors:

Colleen Nugent

Date tagged:

04/08/2026, 13:35

Date published:

04/08/2026, 13:01