museumsandtheweb.com - multimedia tour

Multimedia guide, visitor interaction omnidirectional

Christina Costabile — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:29:48 +0000

MW2011

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digitization

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usability

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Web 2.0

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cross media

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iPhone application

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blog

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Multimedia Tour

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multimedia tour

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visitor involvement

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exhibition

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mobile interpretation tool

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communication with exhibits

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state-of-the-art

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interact with the exhibition

Abstract:

NOUS will demonstrate a state-of-the-art visitor engagement and involvement concept with a show case of real interactions from the European Parliament in Brussels/Belgium.

Mobile interpretation tools are often seen as a singular entity with no connection and communication to e.g. room installations, archives, social networks and the exhibit and exhibition room itself.

Audio- and multimedia guide concepts with their communication these days work one way only. A mobile multimedia handheld with location based technology can communicate bi- and omnidirectional with exhibits, other visitors, etc.

The visitor with a mobile handheld can now communicate with exhibits, the exhibition itself, archives and leave comments (written, voice comments), vote or even trigger actions in the exhibition hall.

NOUS invented concepts for:

"be my key", "recognize me", "give me deeper information", "tell me a story", "translate me" and "let me control"

and combined staged media with a personal handheld device in exhibitions.

Type:

Exhibitor Briefing - discuss your product. Confirmed Exhibitors only

Omnidirectional visitor interaction

Site:

http://www.nousguide.com/en/explore.html

Authors:

Christina Costabile

Enhancing Tour Guide Systems with Semantic Knowledge Management Platform

Tzenia Kotzafiliou — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:19:19 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

content

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Multimedia Tour

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multimedia tour

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knowledge

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CMS

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mobile guide

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iPhone apps

Abstract:

The rapid adoption of the Internet, mobile devices, smart phones, touch boards and social networks enable new methods for enhancing visitor experience in museums, galleries, thematic parks and cities through the use web and handheld device applications. However, the transition from legacy tour guides to the new media era, pose key challenges in adapting, managing and publishing content to multiple evolving platforms as well as fitting it to address the diverse target audience needs. There is no cross platform content management system with the ability to link the right content to different visitor profiles and interact with them real time.

Based on years of research of cultural institutions’ exhibitions seeking a balance between the transmission of curatorial expertise and the ways different visitors interpret their intentions, we developed XENAGOS, a holistic knowledge management platform for dynamically adapting and publishing content to any media based on visitor profiles and real time feedback. The platform links existing collection management systems and tour-guide apps in a way that allows curators to store their knowledge in a semantic database, manage exhibit correlations to other exhibits, or exhibition space, or administer exhibits and tours relative to visitor preferences, educational level, time constraints, etc. As a result, XENAGOS allows cultural institutions to preserve investment in content despite the changes of technology and media platforms.

During this session we will present to you use cases of actual deployments covering different peculiarities and needs of museums and how XENAGOS addressed them beyond expectations from tour guide initial adoption to production. Topics will include, content knowledge structuring, management and upkeep; cross platform publishing; smart phone provisioning for way-finding apps or 2-way dialog with visitors; and real time statistics gathering and reporting. All of the above highlight XENAGOS scalable foundation philosophy supporting a vision for transitioning the vast heritage of cultural institutions into a knowledge management and proliferation platform for the new media era.

Type:

Exhibitor Briefing - discuss your product. Confirmed Exhibitors only

Enhancing Tour Guide Systems

Authors:

Serafeim Katsikas

Tom Katsioulas

Van Gogh's Letters. Or how to make the results of 15 years of research widely accessible for various audiences and how to involve them?

biblio — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:10:58 +0000

de Vet, M., Schreurs E., & Peereboom M. (2010). Van Gogh's Letters. Or how to make the results of 15 years of research widely accessible for various audiences and how to involve them?. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web.