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The Future of Interactivity

bwyman — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:45:14 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

user experience

Keywords:

interactivity

Keywords:

future

Abstract:

As storytellers that love content, Second Story is adept at implementing great technology to support engaging design. However, while we seek to push the limits of what's currently possible, we also look to the future of interactivity and what it means for user experience not only for museums but consumers in general. People are moving from traditional information consumption and in this paper / session, we'll look at a number of new trends and their implications for the future.

As we explore these trends, we'll use examples of our own work to demonstrate the scalability of content, new ways of using HTML5 for interactive installations, and changes in sensing technologies.

A sample preliminary outline:

* HCI will increase in prevalence

- less reliance on physical screens for points of interaction (proximity, rfid, nfc)

- think in terms of stories of interactions

- design for verbs, not nouns

- Objects have meaning in the world (transition beyond QR codes)

* Mobile / Tablets are about *personal* experiences

- not a portable form factor, but a personal form factor

- the most intimate scale of experience

- incredibly rich market / opportunity

- know your audience, android vs iOS .... Metro* Specific devices matter less

- expectation that an experience immediately exists across multiple platforms

- destination of content vs utility of experience

- shared code base works primarily w/o system UI widgets

* Web Technologies aren't just for the web

- HTML5 to power screen layouts

- passing information through javascript

- scaling experiences across multiple devices* All data is transportable

- interconnected services and experiences *expect* that data is transportable

- design systems that make it easy to expose data

- aggressively address privacy issues

* Users deeply integrate w/ content & readily share

- participation lowers marketing cost

- users draw deeper ties to content

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Digital strategy

Authors:

Bruce Wyman

Professional Forum on the Distributed Museum

dbear — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:07:41 +0000

Type:

Session

Programs:

Understanding the Distributed Museum: A Creative Visualization of Contemporary Digital Practices

Date & Time:

April 8, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Location:

Congress

museums

future

commmunity

discussion

debate

forum

distributed museum

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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914

Description

Where is the museum and to whom does it matter? How do we create and maintain the museum collection in an age of distributed media? How can we even visualize it?

Going Mobile? Insights into the museum community’s perspectives on mobile interpretation

Loic Tallon — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:43:36 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Going Mobile? Insights into the Museum Community’s Perspectives on Mobile Interpretation

Keywords:

mobile

Keywords:

research

Keywords:

museum community

Keywords:

international

Keywords:

future

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survey

Abstract:

If the future is mobile, how is the museum community experiencing that future, what are their ambitions within it, and in which areas is further knowledge share required? It was specifically to gain an insight into questions such as these that the 2010 International Museums and Mobile survey was developed. This paper will present and analyse the responses of the 600+ museum professionals that participated in this research.

The 2010 International Museums and Mobile Survey reached out to museum professionals internationally to share their perspectives and understanding of mobile interpretation at their institutions. Dividing respondents into four categories – those from institutions that already used mobile interpretation, those from institutions that were planning to use mobile interpretation tools, those from institutions that had no plans to use mobile interpretation tools, and those from vendors working in this field – the survey sought to gain an insight into the everyday realities of developing, delivering and sustaining mobile interpretation provisions in an institution. The survey questions related to the objectives of, and target audience for, an institution’s mobile interpretation experience; the challenges faced by institutions in planning and operating a mobile interpretation experience; and what strategies were used to measure the success of these experiences. Other questions probed the aspects of mobile interpretation in which individuals felt there were insufficient knowledge share, and also about what excited them most in this field.

Over 600 museum professionals responded to the survey, sharing their views on the above questions. Responses were received from individuals working in institutions with a wide variety of backgrounds and profiles: institutions in over twenty countries are represented in the results; two thirds of all responses were from institutions that did not use mobile interpretation tools, and of which half were planning to in the twelve months, and half had no such plans. Whilst a quarter of responses came from within institutions that boast an annual attendance upwards of 250,000 visitors, more than half had annual attendance of under 50,000 visitors (and less than 1 staff member working in digital media).

Drawing on this data source, this Paper will draw out the key trends that arise, and forward analysis on their context and implications for the community. It will explore opinions on issues ranging from whether mobile interpretation should be available at an additional cost to visitors, to how to define the target audience for a mobile interpretation tool (i.e. is it just “those that like audio guides”?). And from whether in five years time museums will still be required to provide a hardware platform to visitors for the mobile experience, to the obstacles those entering the field are facing today. Through this analysis, this paper aims to provide guidance to those museums entering this field for the first time, create awareness of those areas where further knowledge share is required (and hopefully identify those institutions best placed to provide such knowledge), and ultimately provide a valuable tool on which to further inform debates in this field.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Mobile Parade

Authors:

Loic Tallon

Isabel Froes

The iPhone effect?: Comparing visitors' and museum professionals' evolving expectations of mobile interpretation tools.

biblio — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:10:57 +0000

Tallon, L., & Petrie M. (2010). The iPhone effect?: Comparing visitors' and museum professionals' evolving expectations of mobile interpretation tools.. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web.

Museums & Society 2034: Trends and Potential Futures

jtrant — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:05:06 +0000

Chung, J., & Wilkening S. (2008). Museums & Society 2034: Trends and Potential Futures.