# Year One Budget — Draft Starting point for the first-year budget of Augmented Traveler (studio setup + the Maria Mitchell production). **Hardware and software are filled in** from [[Hardware — Price List and Acquisition Schedule]]. **People and production services are next**: the rows below are placeholders to be estimated together. Quarters run from Month 0 (Q1 = M0–M2, Q2 = M3–M5, Q3 = M6–M8, Q4 = M9–M11). ## Hardware and software by quarter | Quarter | Hardware (core) | Software and services | Quarter total (low–high) | |---|---|---|---| | Q1 | $35,394–$47,794 | $9,420–$21,620 | $44,814–$69,414 | | Q2 | $17,600–$30,000 | $1,000–$5,000 | $18,600–$35,000 | | Q3 | $21,798–$39,349 | $3,234–$4,434 | $25,032–$43,783 | | Q4 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | **Year one** | **$74,792–$117,143** | **$13,654–$31,054** | **$88,446–$148,197** | Add a **10–15% contingency** for price volatility in GPUs and memory: about $8,845–$22,230. Optional devices (Vive Focus Vision, Vision Pro, Galaxy XR, Looking Glass 16 in and 86 in) add up to $29,447 if triggered. ## Full year-one budget (to complete) | Line | Basis | Low | High | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | Hardware and capture (core) | [[Hardware — Price List and Acquisition Schedule]] | $74,792 | $117,143 | drafted | | Software and services | same | $13,654 | $31,054 | drafted | | Contingency on hardware/software | 10–15% | $8,845 | $22,230 | drafted | | Core staff (7 roles) | [[Roles and Hiring Plan]] FTEs × start month × salary | | | **next** | | Contract specialists (historian, corpus editor, groom, costume, environment, XR, mobile AR, voice, actors, sound, QA, accessibility) | per engagement | | | **next** | | Rights counsel retainer | quote | | | **next** | | Collections licensing and reproductions (MMA, NHA, Vassar) | partner terms | | | **next** | | Venue costs (install, insurance, docent hours) | partner terms | | | **next** | | Travel and on-island capture weeks | estimate | | | **next** | | Marketing, methodology page, launch | estimate | | | **next** | | Year-one maintenance after soft open | [[MMA NHA One-Page Ask]]: $25k–40k | | | **next** | ## Cross-checks - The research notes put **shared engine, year one** at $80k–150k (stack, place kits, legal retainer, producer) and **Mitchell hero** at $150k–250k ([[Nantucket Common Pipeline]] §9). **Hardware and software alone come to about $88,000–$148,000**, which uses up most of the shared-engine band before any people are paid. Expect the studio-setup figure in the pitch to rise once people costs are added, mainly because of 2026 memory and GPU prices. ## Next step Estimate people costs: for each role in [[Roles and Hiring Plan]], agree a location (on-island, Boston, remote), a salary or day-rate band, and a start month.