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Your Own T-Rex Dinosaur in Your Home

Your Own T-Rex Dinosaur in Your Home

Your Own T-Rex Dinosaur in Your Home

For many dinosaur enthusiasts, having their own T-Rex dinosaur at home would be a dream come true. Imagine being able to experience the majesty and grandeur of one of the most iconic creatures to have ever lived. Well, with advancements in technology, that dream may now be a reality through Augmented Reality (AR) experiences. In this article, we explore how you can have your own T-Rex dinosaur in your home using AR technology.

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented Reality (AR) involves the overlaying of digital content onto the real, physical world. This technology typically uses cameras on smartphones and tablets to scan the environment and detect surfaces and objects to superimpose digital content on top of. AR technology provides an immersive and interactive experience, enabling users to engage with digital content in the real world.

Getting Your Own T-Rex

Several mobile applications bring dinosaurs, including the T-Rex, into your home with AR technology. These applications allow you to experience the dinosaur’s size, scale, movement, sound, and behavior in real-time. By simply pointing your smartphone and tablet camera to a flat surface in your home, you can transform your living room into a prehistoric wonderland. These AR applications also allow you to take photos and videos of your T-Rex encounters, enabling you to share your experiences with friends and family.

Benefits of AR T-Rex Experience

The AR T-Rex experience provides several benefits, including:

1. Educational Value: The T-Rex AR experience helps children learn about dinosaurs and their characteristics and behaviors.

2. Entertainment Value: The T-Rex AR experience offers a fun and interactive experience for users who enjoy dinosaurs and learning about prehistoric creatures.

3. Accessibility: The T-Rex AR experience provides an accessible and convenient way to interact with dinosaurs, as users can engage with the technology from the comfort of their homes.

4. Engagement: The T-Rex AR experience encourages engagement and play, providing users with an immersive and visually striking experience.

Conclusion

The T-Rex AR experience offers a unique and immersive way to engage with dinosaurs and travel back in time to the prehistoric era. Whether for education or entertainment purposes, having your own T-Rex dinosaur in your home is an innovative and fun opportunity that technology now provides. As AR technology continues to evolve, we can expect even more realistic and exciting dinosaur experiences, offering new opportunities for learning, entertainment, and engagement.


The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has amassed an incredible collection of fossils, but one of the most iconic dinosaurs in the world wasn’t there.  Now, under a loan agreement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian will have a Tyrannosaurus Rex of its very own.

The National Museum of National History is scheduled to re-open its Dinosaur Hall in 2019, and just revealed that its centerpiece will be the Wankel T-Rex, a nearly complete skeleton that has until now been housed at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.  The Wankel skeleton is named for rancher Kathy Wankel, who discovered the first bones of the fossil in 1988 on federal land in eastern Montana.  After a two-year process of uncovering and removing the skeleton, it was loaned to Montana State University, where the Museum of the Rockies is located.

Under the terms of the lease agreement, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has owned the fossilized skeleton since its discovery, will loan the Wankel T-Rex to the National Museum for 50 years.  The Museum of the Rockies will obtain another almost complete T-Rex skeleton to replace the Wankel T-Rex in its collection.

Because the museum won’t be opening the new dinosaur exhibit for another five years, curators say that portions of the T-Rex skeleton will be displayed in various places in the museum during the planned renovation.

The Smithsonian says that once the T-Rex fossil is on display, it will become the most widely viewed Tyrannosaurus in the world, with over 7 million annual visitors coming to see it.  Today, the museum has plaster and plastic reproductions of T-Rex skeletons, but does not have any actual fossilized remains.  With the addition of the Wankel skeleton, they will now have a T-Rex that is between 80 and 85 percent complete.

In order to transport the fossil across the United States, a special shock-absorbing truck trailer will be used.  The fossil is scheduled to arrive at the Smithsonian on National Fossil Day—October 16.  In 2014, the museum plans to host a temporary exhibit to welcome the T-Rex skeleton, and has sent archaeological crews to North Dakota who will work to gather other fossils of creatures and even plants that lived in the same era as the dinosaur.

Tyrannosaurus skeletons have been found primarily in Canada and the Great Plains region of the United States.  The Tyrannosaurus lived approximately 65 million years ago, when those regions were substantially warmer.