"Life Code" AR-quest wins the Heritage in Motion Awards 2021

On September 22 the AR-quest "Life Code" won the prestigious contest Heritage in Motion Awards 2021 in the "App" category. According to the Jury, it is one of the best applications they’ve seen in the 8 years the contest has existed.

Jury: “A refreshing, entertaining approach, mainly addressed to young visitors, to explain the complex notions of biology in an engaging way."

Heritage in Motion is an annual multimedia competition on themes related to Europe’s cultural and natural heritage for the creators and users of films, games, apps and websites. It celebrates the best multimedia achievements and products, engaging the public with Europe’s outstanding heritage in all its forms. Specialists from all over the world presented their educational projects. Among the participants are teams from the UK, Taiwan, Japan, India, Australia and other countries.

We congratulate our colleagues and all the participants of the project!

The "Life Code" quest is the first stage of cooperation within the framework of the Memorandum of understanding between the State Darwin Museum and Microsoft in Russia. The AR-quest was created in partnership with Next.space, which specializes in VR and AR technologies and innovative museum projects. The LIFE CODE is an augmented reality-based adventure story of the Life Code Project allowing users to actively engage in the Darwin Museum. The application explores in detail every aspect of the Darwin Museum whilst engaging users in a unique comix background story. The quest combines entertainment and education. Players interact with real exhibits in augmented reality. Thanks to the support from Microsoft this project not only became highly competitive but also won the victory over the biggest educational projects.