FAST SDK

A software development kit for creating FAST digital exhibit experiences in Unity.

What is FAST?

Flexible, Accessible Strategies for Timely Digital Exhibit Design

Museums play a critical role in engaging their communities around urgent issues that emerge in the public sphere. However, typical exhibit development timelines can stretch for years, and "what's new" can change swiftly before an exhibition is even launched. What if museums could stay agile and dynamic, changing out content as community needs shift, science progresses, and the world changes? What if timely exhibit offerings could be not just efficiently produced, but accessible and welcoming to all visitors? This vision of efficiency and accessibility is at the center of FAST.

For more information about FAST, please see:

• FAST Booklet, an introduction and explanation of the FAST project
• FAST Toolkit, a portal for all assets and documentation published from the FAST project

System Requirements

Runtime Requirements

• Microsoft Windows 10 or 11

Build Requirements

• Unity Editor 2022.3.0 or later
• Unity Api Compatibility Level set to .NET Framework
• NaughtyAttributes package

Installation Requirements (if installing using a Git URL)

• Install the Git client (minimum version 2.14.0) on your computer.
• On Windows, add the Git executable path to the PATH system environment variable.

Installation

1. Verify Unity's Api Compatibility Level by navigating to Unity's main menu and selecting Edit > Project Settings > Player > Other settings. Under the Configuration heading, set Api Compatibility Level to .NET Framework.

2. Open the Package Manager window by navigating to Unity's main menu and selecting Window > Package Manager.

3. Install the NaughtyAttributes package using Add package from git URL from the Unity Package Manager:

   https://github.com/dbrizov/NaughtyAttributes.git#upm

4. Install the FAST SDK package using Add package from git URL from the Unity Package Manager:

   https://github.com/FAST-Digital-Exhibit-Design/FAST-SDK.git

* Or, download the source code `.zip` or `.tar.gz` file from 
[Releases](https://github.com/FAST-Digital-Exhibit-Design/FAST-SDK/releases) 
and extract it locally. Then install the FAST SDK package using 
**Add package from disk** from the Unity Package Manager.

For more infomation about installing Unity packages, see:

• Install a UPM package from a Git URL
• Install a UPM package from a local folder

Documentation

• Developer Guide
• Coding Reference

Contributions

This repo is only maintained with bug fixes and Pull Requests are not accepted at this time. If you'd like to contribute, please post questions and comments about using FAST SDK to Discussions and report bugs using Issues.

Citation

If you reference this software in a publication, please cite it as follows:

APA Museum of Science, Boston. FAST SDK [Computer software]. https://github.com/FAST-Digital-Exhibit-Design/FAST-SDK

BibTeX @software{Museum_of_Science_FAST_SDK, author = {{Museum of Science, Boston}}, license = {MIT}, title = {{FAST SDK}}, url = {https://github.com/FAST-Digital-Exhibit-Design/FAST-SDK} }

Notices

Copyright (C) 2024 Museum of Science, Boston https://www.mos.org/

This software was developed through a grant to the Museum of Science, Boston from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under Award

MG-249646-OMS-21. For more information about this grant, see

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/mg-249646-oms-21.

This software is open source: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License.

This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the MIT License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the MIT License along with this software. If not, see https://opensource.org/license/MIT.

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT