Over the last 10 years ThingLink has grown to be one of the world’s most popular rich media tech tools for creating augmented visual learning materials and experiences. Over 8 million people have registered a creator account, and over 350 million people are learning with ThingLink every year.
The popularity of the platform’s success is down to ever-improving functionality and simplicity. As digital media usage becomes more sophisticated, ThingLink has responded with rich media tags, in-tag controls, enhanced VR technology player controls, accessibility features and improvements to tour transitions.
How to use Thinglink as a storytelling tool? There are so many ways you can bring stories to life. You can use ThingLink with 360 degree images to create Virtual Tours and immersive Expeditions!
Spekkin Scots used Thinglink to create an interactive map where you can listen to the different dialects of Scotland!
The information for the map comes from the Scots Language Centre, Professor Robert McColl Millar at Aberdeen University and a collection of local people from each location, who share their unique knowledge of the wildly diverse Scottish language.