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878 AD: Winchester Revealed

Extending a museum visit into the streets of Anglo-Saxon Winchester with Ubisoft and Hampshire Cultural Trust.

2023

Client: Ubisoft and Hampshire Cultural Trust

Our role: App concept, Creative Direction, Animation, 3D Modelling, Storyboarding, Mobile Development, App Development

The project

878 AD: Winchester Revealed takes the story beyond the exhibition and into the city. Created by Sugar Creative with Ubisoft and Hampshire Cultural Trust, the app invites visitors to discover Anglo-Saxon Winchester through stories, games and puzzles.

The brief

Extend the 878 AD exhibition into the streets, using content from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to help visitors explore the city’s history and Anglo-Saxon life.

Our role

Sugar Creative brought together the app concept, creative direction, storyboarding, 3D modelling, animation and mobile development to connect digital scenes with physical places.

Explore, play and discover

878 AD: Winchester Revealed combines location-based storytelling with augmented reality scenes, games and puzzles. Visitors can uncover stories as they walk through the city and explore activities based on subjects including pottery and language.

An augmented reality scene recreates Winchester’s historic riverside

Connect the digital and physical experience

The app forms part of 878 AD, an immersive exhibition centred on Alfred the Great’s defeat of the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878. It gives visitors another way to explore the period beyond the exhibition itself.

An interactive riddle in the 878 AD visitor app

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