museumsandtheweb.com - interactive

Bridging the Physical and Virtual Experiences: Two Approaches by the Museum of Inuit Art

aprocida — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:51:51 +0000

MW2012

Alysa Procida and Rob Mausser, Museum of Inuit Art, Canada

http://www.miamuseum.ca

Abstract

Program Item Reference:

Bridging the Physical and Virtual Experiences: Two Approaches by the Museum of Inuit Art

Augmented Reality—What Reality Can We Learn From It?

cherry_thian — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:22:20 +0000

MW2012

Cherry Thian, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

www.acm.org.sg

Abstract

In June 2011, the Asian Civilisations Museum launched an integrated iPhone app—the world’s first museum app to combine augmented reality (AR), location-based gaming, and interactive features—in its special exhibition Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy. Specially designed to tell a story that complements the content and flow of the exhibition in seven interactive chapters, each chapter highlights at least one object in the exhibition and attempts to engage visitors on a more personal level. As the story progresses, visitors respond to image markers that launch augmented reality and gaming experiences that breathe life into the objects.

Program Item Reference:

Augmented Reality – What reality can we learn from it?

Creating low-cost digital exhibits - making the most of what you've got

digitalopps — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:51:04 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

museum

Keywords:

digital

Keywords:

low-cost multimedia

Keywords:

digital exhibits

Keywords:

development

Abstract:

IGOR (Interactive Galleries On Request) is a content development and deployment tool that enables museums to quickly and easily create four types of digital exhibit: touchscreen interactive, multi-video player, captioned slideshow and RSS viewer.

IGOR has been created with museums firmly in mind and is designed to enable museum staff to build their own exhibits, without recourse to expensive outsourcing. It brings digital exhibits within the reach of smaller museums - and allows larger museums to create simple, compelling exhibits for a fraction of the traditional cost, thus freeing up budgets for other, bigger, digital projects.

In this briefing, Digital Opportunities Director, Ian Smith - who has nearly 20 years experience in the heritage sector - will demonstrate how museums of all sizes can use IGOR to maximise their digital impact.

And for fun, Ian will use IGOR build a simple interactive from scratch in 15 minutes!

Type:

Exhibitor Briefing - discuss your product. Confirmed Exhibitors only

Creating low-cost digital exhibits - making the most of what you've got

Site:

http://www.digitalopps.co.uk/igor/

Authors:

Ian Smith

Squeezicks - A Museum of Science & MIT Collaboration on STEM-based games

mcheck — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:41:48 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

games

Keywords:

exhibits

Keywords:

stem

Keywords:

MIT

Keywords:

MOS

Abstract:

The Museum of Science, Boston and GAMBIT lab at MIT worked over the summer of 2011 to develop a STEM-based soft-bodied physics game named "Squeezicks", available for online play but also being developed as an exhibit-floor interactive experience. The purpose of the game is to educate and inspire visitors about the video game industry, and mainly to show the vast amount of STEM-based skills needed in this rapidly growing sector. The demonstration includes a setup of the game itself as it sits ont he exhibit floor, as a one-to-four player game in a virtual environment, accompanied by a video of interpretive material about the game itself, the 8-week development sprint, and focusing on the STEM-based content and considerations around the game itself.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations II

Site:

http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/squeezicks.php

Authors:

Marc Check

Marleigh Norton

My Gallery Interactive: Engaging Museum Audiences with Technology

Vivian Kung Haga — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:01:51 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

multi-touch

Keywords:

gallery interactive

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

open exhibits

Keywords:

touch table

Keywords:

international collaboration

Abstract:

New technologies are allowing museums to engage visitors through innovative and interactive exhibitions. As part of this movement to enhance the visitor experience, the goal of My Gallery Interactive is to create a crowd-sourced experience using a novel multi-touch table interface that allows users to participate in the curatorial process in a fun and interactive way. This project was a unique collaboration between the Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) program at UCSD, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo and Kyoto.

The My Gallery Interactive is a fully functional touch table interface that harnesses the expertise of undergraduate PRIME students to complete the work and presents a new, exciting model for collaboration between museums and academic institutions interested in merging art and technology. The interface was based on the Open Exhibits multi-touch framework (Ideum, Corrales, NM) using ActionScript and Adobe Flash. This open source framework facilitated the construction of the interface and allowed for more creativity with the user interface.

The functionality of the My Gallery Interactive interface features three interactive screens. The main screen displays 50 images hand selected from MOPA’s photography collection. Users can move images to the center workspace to enlarge or reduce them and to select images to create a user’s mini gallery. They can select up to 10 photographs to add to their own personal collection. A second screen enables the user to title their gallery in English or Japanese and subsequently save it. Finally, the third screen allows the user to view past collections that had been saved by other users. Collections can be sent to and shown on an external Tile Display Wall, allowing a larger audience to view and engage with My Gallery Interactive.

My Gallery Interactive was developed as a prototype for a crowd-sourcing project that will premiere at the Museum of Photographic Arts in 2012. Visitors to MOPA’s galleries during the summer of 2012 will be able to interact with an extended version of the My Gallery Interactive and will have an opportunity to rate the photographs in the Museum’s collection on the touch table. A similar interaction will also be available on MOPA’s website for online users. Together, the data from both the touch table and website will be transformed into a visitor-curated exhibition that will be installed in the Fall of 2012.

Participants to the Museums and the Web conference will be able to experience the My Gallery Interactive interface first hand in this demonstration. PRIME students, NICT and MOPA project managers will be available to answer any questions about the development, implementation, and collaboration process.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations II

Site:

http://www.mopa.org/blog/14-09-11/mopa-japan-my-gallery-%E5%AF%BE%E8%A9%B1%E5%9E...

Authors:

Vivian Kung Haga

Joaquin Ortiz

Amber Lucero

Wesley Hsu

Lance Castillo

Jason Haga

Masaki Chikama

Tomoaki Takata

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Shinji Shimojo

Kinect Hacking: Sensing Spaces

bwyman — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:56:17 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

user experience

Keywords:

hacking

Keywords:

sensing

Keywords:

kinect

Abstract:

This workshop will take a look at new trends in sensing technologies for immersive exhibits and environments. We will review a broad spectrum of interface techniques and technologies, comparing the relevant strengths, strategies, and weaknesses of each. We will also look at how these technologies can be integrated with frameworks such as Flash, Processing and OpenFrameworks and experience hands-on interaction using Microsoft's Kinect.

As part of a hands-on portion of the workshop, we'll focus on recent advancements in 3D depth sensing in which the introduction of Microsoft Kinect has changed the field, making a difficult process simple, affordable, and ready to be used in public settings. A live environment will allow attendees to play with depth data and skeletal tracking to fully understand how to best use the technology in different situations and scales.

Workshop materials will include a downloadable package of all software libraries discussed including source to sample projects with which to get started.

Type:

Workshop - full or half day

Authors:

Bruce Wyman

Delivering Gallery Interactives using Web Technologies

biblio — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:34:52 +0000

Bates, E. (2010). Delivering Gallery Interactives using Web Technologies. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2010. Proceedings.

Immersive experiences for museums

biblio — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:34:45 +0000

Galanter, P., LaFayette C., & Parke F. (2010). Immersive experiences for museums. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2010. Proceedings.

Cultural Technology Showcase

biblio — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:34:42 +0000

Langer, M., Roberts M., Black V., & Dennison D. (2010). Cultural Technology Showcase. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2010. Proceedings.

Bill Nye's Climate Lab

tschwarz — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 05:34:09 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

RFID

Keywords:

activism

Keywords:

youth

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

exhibition

Abstract:

This demonstration features Chabot Space & Science Center’s development of Bill Nye’s Climate Lab, an integrated learning experience spanning an interactive website and physical exhibition. Designed for a target audience of youth ages 8-14, along with their families and teachers, the online experience consists of a rich 3D and video-integrated site and social media initiatives. A customized CMS allows Chabot to maintain site content and point-based awards. Rich reporting tools provide details about activity usage, completion and scoring performance, with filtering by age, geography and school affiliation.

To integrate the onsite and online experiences, Chabot invested in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology within the physical exhibition. Using Climate Scout ID cards containing RFID tags, visitors track their progress and collect points as they complete activities in the exhibit. The Climate Scout ID allows visitors to link points earned in the exhibition to their online account, and continue to track their progress in reducing energy consumption and finding solutions to a warming planet via the activities on the website.

The project was designed to create an extended, enhanced visitor experience. The interaction between the physical exhibition, RFID technology, interactive website, social media initiatives, and the action-oriented message of the project have the potential to create stronger engagement for individuals, families, and school field trip guests. Reporting tools were integrated into the design of the RFID solution and website; over time this data will help quantify the project’s impact.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

Demonstrations II

Site:

http://www.billsclimatelab.org

Authors:

Tamara Schwarz

Designing an Interactive Visualization to Explore a Pre-Hispanic Collection

Blanca_A — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:57:32 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

Digital Exhibition

Keywords:

digital heritage

Keywords:

interaction design

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

Interactive Visualization

Keywords:

interface design

Abstract:

This demonstration presents the current status of the design, and the implementation of a digital interface to exhibit an archaeological collection online. This digital interface is designed to explore online the main pieces of the collection of the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa, located in eastern Mexico, by bonding together ideas about visualization of information, context mapping and trails of navigation.

The collection that belongs to this museum consists of important cultural-heritage artifacts of the main cultures that established themselves in the current state of Veracruz, before the Spaniards’ arrival in Mexico: the Huaxteca culture in the north, the culture of Central Veracruz in the centre of the state and the Olmeca in the south. Its total collection preserves and guards about 29,000 Pre-Hispanic artifacts, from which nearly 1,500 are exhibited in its halls.

The project draws on the design of a digital interface that privileges exploration and browsing of visual connections with an open-ended focus; namely, an interface that allows a visitor to place a ‘object/concept’ at the centre of his/her interpretative layer, and thus create a hub of connections. Expressed differently, the interface is based on associations of visualizations and the tracking of diverse mappings set by the visitors themselves. Following is presented an overview of the interaction design space of this digital interface:

When exploring the online collection, the visitor has the choice to select any category as a main hub. For example, when the visitor selects the hub Dualidad (Duality), the interface presents visualizations of an ‘object/concept’ that are connected to this selection, such as the artifacts of smiling faces, twins, and feminine figures. If the visitor decides to access more information about a specific artifact of an smiling face, then the interface displays some other mappings of ‘object/concept’ related to that artifact; for instance, concepts of death, the Ollin (movement) as well as some other archaeological pieces connected to the main hub of Duality. After that, if the visitor continues to explore the collection and decides to discover more about the Ollin concept, this can be selected as the main hub. In consequence, the interface will present a selection of visual results connected to this new category as well as of all the artifacts of the collection that have connections with this latter category.

While there are several projects that have used similar concepts, within the area of cultural heritage there are few studies that investigate on the exploration of archeological information presentation. Therefore, this project aims to contribute on such exploration, by designing an interface based on connections of visualizations, and to the further creation of interpretative layers for the visitors’ exploration.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

Demonstration V

Site:

http://mlab.taik.fi/~bacuna/max_Project2008/index.html

Authors:

Blanca Acuña

The Collective: An Online Creative Community

sarah nuese — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:11:56 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

social

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

blog

Keywords:

young adults

Keywords:

millenials

Keywords:

community

Abstract:

The Collective is an interactive website/online programming space that connects young adults to the Denver Art Museum’s programs. This site is part of a 3-year project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to cultivate young adult museum advocates by learning about this emerging audience, building stronger relationships with them, increasing their participation, and ensuring their sustained engagement with a multi-platform approach to communications and programming.

The site fosters exchange and dialogue, serving as framework for conversations about the DAM’s collections and exhibitions. “Digital DIY” projects invite participation and showcase creative projects by users. A blog shares behind-the-scenes stories and viewpoints from museum staff. Pages related to live events at the museum—including “Untitled” final Fridays, “Demo & Do” artist demonstrations, and collaborative “Happenings”—support cross-platform interactions between the DAM and its young adult audience.

At this demonstration, we will tour the site and its features, explore the challenges of establishing an online community, and share insights about young adult audiences.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

Demonstration V

Site:

http://collective.denverartmuseum.org

Authors:

Lindsey Housel

Bali Temple Explorer: An interactive kiosk and site with 200 video loops – Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

dclearwaters — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:45:40 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

interactive

Keywords:

video

Keywords:

Asia

Keywords:

Bali

Keywords:

Asian Art Museum

Keywords:

living culture

Abstract:

www.Balitempleexplorer.com lets you explore a temple in Bali, shown with over 200 HD video loops: allowing you the emotional impact of film and video, plus the web-like ability to explore the temple at your own pace. Created for the special exhibition Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

When first envisioning the special exhibition, Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, (on view at the Asian Art Museum February 25 through September 11, 2011) associate curator of Southeast Asian art Natasha Reichle wanted to collaborate with education staff to enhance the ritual and performing arts aspects of the exhibition. In addition to a robust series of live programs, the team set out to develop a variety of videos to bring the living culture of Bali to life.

Martin Percy collaborated with Reichle and education director Deborah Clearwaters to create www.BaliTempleExplorer.com, which will be embedded into the museum’s special exhibition microsite still under construction, and at a dedicated kiosk near the galleries. Martin’s work centers on combining HD video and interactivity to vividly portray real life online – especially with regards to the display of art. Martin has won two BAFTA nominations, three Emmy nominations, eight Webby nominations and ten Webby honorees for interactive video work, much of it for Tate (for example: www.barbarasgarden.org).

The site goes live in late January 2011. The URL currently displays five videos that give a sense of how the site will look and feel. We propose to demonstrate the fully interactive version at Museums and the Web 2011.

Apart from a few thumbnails, there is not one single still photo on the Bali site. Everything is done with video loops. The trees, water, and people move. You can look at any scene for as long as you like. At any time, you can click on hotspots which link to other video loops. Some of the loops have linear videos attached to them which don't repeat, furthering the sense of a vivid, lifelike experience.

At any time, you can click to listen to commentary about the temple, including interviews with the priest of the temple and the head of the local village. These first-person Balinese voices bring an additional immediacy to the project.

To make the site accessible to all users, we will provide a text-and-jpeg version of the site, as well as a linear video version.

The text-and-jpeg page is interesting, but it doesn't feel like you're looking at the temple in real life. And while the linear video version is more emotionally compelling, it suffers from the "tyranny of the edit": the director chooses what you look at, and for how long. You can't follow your own interests at your own pace. So it's not like visiting the temple in real life.

The fully interactive site attempts to combine the strengths of video and interactivity to make a presentation which, compared with more commonly-used online methods, is far more effective at vividly evoking the emotions and sensations of looking at culture in real life.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

Demonstrations I

Site:

http://www.balitempleexplorer.com

Authors:

Deborah Clearwaters

Martin Percy

Mini-Workshop on Outdoor, Museum Interactions

dbear — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:05:45 +0000

Type:

Session

Programs:

Taking the Museum to the Streets

Date & Time:

April 8, 2011 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Location:

Commonwealth C/D

interaction

multi-user

interactive

user generated content

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Description

Taking the Museum to the Streets

Jakob Ingemann Parby — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:49:14 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Taking the Museum to the Streets

Keywords:

User-involvement

Keywords:

urban identity

Keywords:

multi-touch

Keywords:

cultural heritage

Keywords:

democracy

Keywords:

dialogue

Keywords:

interactive

Abstract:

In a digitalised and globalised world, what are the challenges the museum faces when users increasingly experience knowledge as something created through blogs, wikis and other social platforms? In which the museum collections no longer hold the absolute truth, but rather layers of collected knowledge to be interpreted and augmented through interpretation and adaptation by guests and other voices? This workshop will look at some of the practical, epistemological and technical approaches to the challenges based on specific case material.

In April 2010 the Museum of Copenhagen, in cooperation with Gibson Group Ltd and Spild af Tid/Waste of Time, launched a giant multi-touch multimedia installation in one of the central squares in Copenhagen. In the first half year of its 14 hour a day functioning, The WALL, as it is called, has attracted more than 400,000 users, who have viewed more than 2,000,000 images, sent more than 60,000 personal postcards, and maybe most importantly, uploaded 2,500 new contributions of their own. Semi-mobile, The WALL will be moved around Copenhagen over the coming four years. It gives Copenhageners street access to a poetic cityscape of images and knowledge about their city, and offers a platform for all citizens and guests of the city to interact with and discuss the past, present and future of the city. In parallel to the multi-touch installation experienced in the streets, a website connects The WALL, its multimedia database and the museum. Both the website and The WALL support the museum's new profile of having the city as its prime object and being fully embedded in the city.

See a 5 minute documentary on the project: http://tinyurl.com/24h65ya

The workshop will allow participants to get inside the project and discuss the challenges and lessons of this pioneering work, while exploring hands-on the unique user interface on a cut-down version of The WALL – including a year’s worth of user contributions.

In this way the workshop will investigate:

practical and technical challenges concerning the development of a mobile, multi-touch, user-involving installation, outdoors in the city space
hands-on use of the “2D/3D cityscape editor” software that creates the cultural topographies of The WALL
the conceptual and epistemological considerations and choices underlying these topographies
achievements and lessons from the first year of operation – how do reception, use and interaction correspond with the original intentions we had in the development phase, what are the differences and how can they be explained? Are there things we would have done differently?
Does the Wall create a new agenda for future museum practices and for the relationship between cities, citizens and their museums?

Participants are invited to present examples of their own experiences with multi-user and user-generated content installations, and to reflect on their experiences with operating these in a non-regulated milieu.

Type:

Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches

Mini-Workshop on Outdoor, Museum Interactions

Site:

http://www.vaeggen.copenhagen.dk

Authors:

Jette Sandahl

Jakob Parby

Allan Smith

Jakob Thorbek

Lotte Kryger Broe

Interactive Multimedia in American Museums

ngamble — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:48:29 +0000

Koester, S. E. (1993). Interactive Multimedia in American Museums. Archives and Museum Informatics Technical Reports. 120 pp.

Networked Multi-sensory Experiences: Beyond Browsers on the Web and in the Museum

ngamble — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:02:35 +0000

Wagmister, F., & Burke J. (2002). Networked Multi-sensory Experiences: Beyond Browsers on the Web and in the Museum. (David Bearman, Trant, Jennifer, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2002: Proceedings.

Familiarity Breeds Content: knowledge and effect in museums on the Web

jtrant — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:03:08 +0000

Bearman, D., & Trant J. (2003). Familiarity Breeds Content: knowledge and effect in museums on the Web. Museums and the Web 2003.

The Memory Machine: Sound and Memory at the British Museum

jtrant — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:27:59 +0000

Lane, C. (2003). The Memory Machine: Sound and Memory at the British Museum. (Perrot, Xavier (d. 2007), Ed.).International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting: Proceedings from ichim03.

Hands on: Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM '95 / MCN '95). Volume 2

jtrant — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:15:22 +0000

Bearman, D. (1995). Hands on: Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM '95 / MCN '95). Volume 2.

A New Learning Environment The NeoMuseum/Children's Media Museum Prototype

jtrant — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:07:08 +0000

Gross, M., & Ueda N. (1991). A New Learning Environment The NeoMuseum/Children's Media Museum Prototype. Hypermedia & Interactivity in Museums, Proceedings of an International Conference.

Learning Styles and On-line Interactives

jtrant — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:57:39 +0000

Schaller, D., Borun M., & Allison-Bunnell S. (2005). Learning Styles and On-line Interactives. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2005: Proceedings.