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Digital Media In Everyday Life: A Snapshot of Devices, Behaviors, and Attitudes Part 1: Mobile Device Ownership

sbeasley — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:03:57 +0000

MW2012

Steven Beasley and Annie Conway, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, USA

http://msichicago.org/digitallife

Abstract

Program Item Reference:

A Study of Digital Media, Tools, and Technology Use

Beyond Cool: Making Mobile Augmented Reality Work for Museum Education

smannion — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:24:31 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

Beyond Cool: Making Mobile Augmented Reality Work for Museum Education

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digital learning

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mobile devices

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research

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study

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education

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education

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teenagers

Abstract:

***PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSAL, NOT A DEMONSTRATION.

In June 2011, more than a year of intensive experimentation with Augmented Reality at The British Museum culminated in a large-scale education project with 700 teenagers. This paper presents results of quantitative and observational research on the project focusing especially on how AR impacts learning and the use of tablets in museum galleries. It explores the challenges of implementing the two main styles of mobile AR (marker-based and location-based) in gallery environments with low lighting, visitor overcrowding and without wireless networks. The aim is to share our experience of implementing AR applications for children and families within the constraints faced by nearly all museum education departments: small budgets, lack of staff resources, technical expertise and technical infrastructure.

The British Museum’s digital learning team launched its first mobile AR application in November 2010. Despite a tiny budget and only three weeks development time, the Passport to the Afterlife (http://bit.ly/dLSwtH) activity successfully introduced marker-based AR into museum galleries. It revealed crucial insights about the appropriate use of AR for children, the potential of mobile AR for kinesthetic learning and the importance of blending AR interaction with analog techniques to ensure a rewarding learning experience. Three more AR projects built on this initial experience.

The most recent and ambitious is the Gallery Explorer (http://vimeo.com/25782400), a location-based AR game that runs across five different galleries and features 35 carefully selected museum objects. It runs on Samsung Galaxy 7” Tablets which are shared by students age 14-15 working in groups of 5-6. This project provided the opportunity for formal evaluation (http://wiki.museummobile.info/archives/91923) of how groups work together with tablet-sized mobile devices, what specifically AR adds to students’ experience of the gallery and how to design a compelling AR interface.

During the past 12-18 months, most museum use of AR was for one-off events or temporary installations for adult visitors. While incredibly exciting, these applications were not designed to run in the day to day context of museum education, with its continuous and demanding stream of children, teachers and parents. This paper gets down to the nitty gritty of how AR’s game-like interaction can be integrated into proven and sustainable models for gallery learning activities and become a core element of digital education programs in museums.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

NextGen Mobile Applied

Site:

http://vimeo.com/25782400

Authors:

Shelley Mannion

A "Smart" Authoring and Delivery Tool for Multichannel Communication

michela.negrini — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:59:27 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

multimedia

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Multimedia

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multi-channel

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cost-effective

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adaptivity

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mobile devices

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authoring tool

Abstract:

The recent proliferation of technologies and devices (including iPhone, iPad and alike) provides new perspectives for the use of multimedia applications for cultural heritage. Users are no more just sitting in front of their PC at home, but they also access multimedia information walking in the galleries or in archeological parks, sitting in a cafeteria, driving a car, travelling on a train, etc.

In addition, and most important, all the different devices and technologies are important, and institutions can’t anymore decide which are preferable for their users, who are free to choose according to their (permanent or temporary) needs.

This demo features an innovative authoring-delivery environment (1001stories), available as web service, that allows creating multimedia multi-channel applications in an easy and cost-effective way. The applications produced with 1001stories can be delivered over the web, mobile devices (smart phones, iPhone, iPad), off-line (CD-rom, USB key, mp3 players, iPod) or on-line, over standard cell-phones (audio only), through social spaces, etc. basically one authoring effort (including some “adaptive adjustments”) and one technological effort are needed. The toolkit is quite easy to use and therefore can be managed even by a non technical staff (to create/adjust/update the application). The production process is streamlined and effective: one month on average is needed to create a full application.

The effectiveness of the toolkit will be illustrated by means of some concrete examples, among which the most prominent is “Nippon” (www.nipponlugano.ch), a set of applications supporting four exhibitions about Japanese culture that took place in Lugano (Switzerland) in winter 2010.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

Demonstrations III

Site:

http://www.nipponlugano.ch

Authors:

Michela Negrini

Nicoletta Di Blas

Paolo Paolini

Mobile Parade

dbear — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:18:51 +0000

Type:

Session

Theme:

plenary

Chair:

Jane Finnis

Programs:

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

Mobile devices for orientation and way finding: the case of the British Museum multimedia guide

Launching the MFA Multimedia Guide: Lessons Learned

Art App-reciation: Fostering engagement and reflection in museums through a social mobile application

Design of an Appreciation Support System for Public Art Using Mobile Phones

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

Mobile Phones and Visitor Tracking

Implementing Mobile Augmented Reality Applications for Cultural Institutions

Physical Keys to Digital Memories: Reflecting on the role of tangible artefacts in "Reminisce"

Date & Time:

April 9, 2011 - 11:00am - 12:30pm

Location:

Commonwealth A/B/C/D

mobiles

case studies

handhelds

mobile devices

audience interaction

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

Description

Co-chaired by Seb Chan, Powerhouse Museum, Australia and Jane Finnis, Culture24, United Kingdom

It has been a year of mobile experimentation. What did we set out to do and how has it gone? This session is a tease – exposing the range of our endeavors but leaving it to attendees to delve into the papers on their own, later, in order to explore the details.

Mixing Realities to Connect People, Places, and Exhibits Using Mobile Augmented-Reality Applications

rrothfarb — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:40:09 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Mixing Realities to Connect People, Places, and Exhibits Using Mobile Augmented-Reality Applications

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mobile devices

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augmented reality

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mixed reality

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social applications

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geotagging

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3D authoring

Abstract:

With mobile augmented-reality technologies and applications, museums can extend their relationship with visitors beyond physical boundaries to engage them further in discovery-based learning.

Using freely available mobile augmented-reality (AR) authoring platforms and publishing tools, the Exploratorium is experimenting with extensions to both its physical and web exhibit spaces to allow visitors to interact with exhibits and natural phenomenon around the San Francisco Bay Area. Applications developed with two platforms, Layar and Junaio, allow mobile users with AR-capable smart phones (equipped with a camera and GPS) to explore their surroundings through live camera views of these devices and to interact with overlaid multilayered, geo-referenced information. Interactive content “layers” let visitors with compatible devices, including iPhone and Android smartphones, see annotated information about physical exhibits and locations in outdoor spaces, leave “markers,”of their visit experience in places where others can see them, and explore temporal data about objects and locations. While it’s possible to get started right away developing content and user-experiences with mobile AR, advances in mobile image processing, tagging technologies, and wearable computing – combined with the convergence of distributed networks and location-aware applications – will help define more intimate modes of human-computer interaction that museum exhibit and experience developers can further explore.

This paper discusses content creation for mobile AR experience design using these two platforms, strategies for incorporating preparation of mobile AR-ready information into a digital content creation workflow, and measuring impact via mobile analytics. It covers key processes including geotagging different types of assets (images, videos, audio, and 3-D objects) and methods of interfacing the AR authoring platforms with content in external systems including event calendars, media portal/content management systems, and social-sharing sites such as YouTube, and Flickr.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Augmented Reality

Authors:

Rob Rothfarb

Mobile devices for orientation and way finding: the case of the British Museum multimedia guide

silviaf — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:49:28 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Mobile devices for orientation and way finding: the case of the British Museum multimedia guide

Keywords:

handheld

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mobile devices

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way finding

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orientation

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interactive maps

Abstract:

When the first handheld devices became commercially available, museums were particularly excited about the opportunities that these could offer particularly in terms of visitors' orientation and way finding. The presence of a touch screen, in fact, supports the use of interactive maps, which, alone or in combination with location aware technologies can help visitors understand where they are and decide where to go.

More than 10 years have now passed since the implementation of the first handheld guide and, unfortunately, many museums are still struggling to develop and implement effective way finding solutions on mobile platforms. Location aware technologies have proven to be expensive and problematic to install and maintain, while interactive maps, particularly of complex sites can be challenging for people to use and interpret on small screens.

Building on the experience of other institutions such as Tate, the Met and the Louvre, the British Museum has recently launched a multimedia guide in 11 languages that supports way finding and orientation without relying on location aware technology.

In this paper, we will present in details the various way finding solutions that were developed for the guide, as well as the results of research and evaluations that were carried out on these applications during and after the launch. Through our experience, we hope to provide a reference for other medium and large size museums, which are grappling with similar issues.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Mobile Parade

Authors:

Silvia Filippini Fantoni

Matthew Cock

Sarah McDaid