“John Asbery’s Nest” provides viewers with a tour of American poet John Asbery’s home. One unique part of this website is that viewers are able to click through and virtually see and read about the different decorations within Asbery’s home. Almost every furniture and artwork within the home has a special and meaningful history to it. This website allows one to connect with Asbery in a deeper and more intimate way.
The source of this website are the furniture and the different content that is found within Asbery’s home. John Asbery and David Kermani provided the content from the website while The Poetry Foundation contributed with photographs of the Hudson House. In addition, Yale Media and Broadcasting Center provided video and audio support for the site.
One way that the website was processed was through a 360 degree virtual tour. Viewers are able to explore the website by going through different rooms and clicking through different descriptions. In addition, as viewers explore the descriptions of different furniture and objects, audio recordings and texts are provided to help describe and add meaningful information to the objects.
Overall, I feel that the website was presented in a organized and creative manner. I feel that the interactive portion of the site made the whole experience fun and engaging. From all the websites I have seen, I feel that this one stands out to me the most. As someone who finds it tempting to simply scroll through long wordy websites, I find this site easier to navigate through and somewhat captivating.
Hi,
I definitely agree that this website stood out the most out of all the projects because of its “grand entrance”, and that this project plays an important role of preserving historical artifacts. The virtual reality technology really does connect the users to the poet’s life and it provides a more intimate mean to study art and humanities.
Hi Grace,
I appreciate the points that you brought up about the virtual interactivity of this website. The user’s experience is definitely important, and this DH project stands out from the others. In some ways, this website reminds me a of a video game because of all the virtual reality technology that is involved. I feel like this website’s layout could even help children learn in a better, more interactive way!