This unique mobile app (available from 2013 to 2019) provided new ways to see artifacts in the Royal Ontario Museum, via virtual microscopes, X-ray scopes, periscopes and more.
The Scopify ROM app – created for Android and iOS – was produced with the financial participation of the OMDC and the ROM. It was downloaded and installed by tens of thousands of museum visitors.
REVIEWS
“A well-crafted smartphone application that adds a set of virtual lenses to your phone.” – Tech reviewer Kris Abel (Watch)
“A first of its kind for any museum … Very cool, forward-thinking initiative.” – Canadian Reviewer
CREDITS
Produced and Created by
KENSINGTON
Executive Producer
ROBERT LANG
Producer
DAVID OPPENHEIM
Design and Programming
BROADPLAY INC.
Additional Programming
ALLEN BOOTH
JON MARSELLA
Creative Advisor
ALLEN BOOTH
Technical and Creative Consultant
RICHARD LACHMAN
Head of Production, Kensington
TARA JAN
Archival Researcher
MAGGIE MCCAW
Cinematographer
IRIS NG
Video Editor
JOSEF BEEBY
Sound Editor
MARK MATUSOFF
Original Illustrations
JULIUS CSOTONYI
Social Media Manager
AMANDA CONNON-UNDA
Promo Editor
JONATHAN DOWLER
Assistant Promo Editor
FLORENCIA MARTINEZ CARRANZA
Logo Design
DEREK TOKAR
Post Production Coordinator
SHAWN GERRARD
Production Assistants
BRAD VERMUNT
MICHELLE GROVES
Production Accountant
MICHELE DAVIS
Lawyer
DANNY WEBBER
Special thanks
LAURA JAMES
IRENE VANDERTOP
Archival Materials Provided by
ABSOLUTELY WILD VISUALS
ALAMY LIMITED
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
ART RESOURCE
BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION
DINOSAURS PRODUCTIONS 3D
GETTY IMAGES
HAAP MEDIA
MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND
PRODUCERS LIBRARY SERVICES
SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
SCIENCE SOURCE
SCREENOCEAN LIMITED
SHUTTERSTOCK
T3 MEDIA
VRWAY COMMUNICATION
Photographs courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM
Produced and created by Kensington in association with The Royal Ontario Museum. Made possible with the support and participation of the Ontario Media Development Corporation. Developed with the participation of Bell Fund, Ryerson University, RTA Transmedia Centre, the Government of Canada, and Ontario Centres of Excellence.