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Ghosts in Armour at Santa Fe Complex
An ongoing international art project exploring a declining industry, 'Ghosts in Armour' opens at the Santa Fe Complex on May 25th.
The project is described as "a multi-disciplinary artistic exploration into the emerging post-industrial landscapes of Europe’s declining steel industry, documenting and contextualizing the losses currently shaping a number of communities." The project showcases the work of of over 20 European artists.
Using Open Exhibits software, visitors to the Complex will be able to curate their own exhibition. The exhibit will use an Ideum multitouch table and projectors to allow visitors to immerse themselves at locations that the project has previously explored.
You can learn more about Ghosts in Armour on the SF_X website. The exhibition runs from May 25th until June 1st.
Santa Fe Complex is a community organization that supports project-based teams working on important and interesting problems. We build and apply powerful digital tools, drawing on New Mexico’s expertise in complexity science and visualization. We are dedicated to advancing careers in science, technology and the humanities for New Mexico’s students. Learn more.
How-to Make A Captive Portal
Last year we designed a captive portal implementation for Heist, an experimental project that used Open Exhibits, GestureWorks, and Sensus server technology to enable effortless networking. The system allowed digital museum objects to be heisted from the exhibit using a mobile device.
Heist used a WiFi captive portal; as museum visitors connected to the network they were pushed an HTML 5 application. They simply added their name, chose a color and their personal avatar appeared on the table.
Heist has been abandoned in pursuit of other projects; however, it continues to receive attention. We often get asked how we designed the captive portal. Rather than have our notes sit in a dusty storage cabinet, we're offering them to the Open Exhibits community. You'll have to excuse the rough draft document; it was never meant to be a formal guide. Nevertheless we think some people will find it useful.
See the Heist research page for more information and a link to the document:
http://openexhibits.org/research/heist/
Playsurface: Low-Cost Multi-Touch Table
Templeman Automation (TA) is excited to announce its Playsurface multi-touch table Kickstarter. Playsurface is an inexpensive projection touch table for multiple users. TA is excited about the possibilities associated with using touch tables along with software products like Open Exhibits and Ideum's GestureWorks to get more touch tables into educational and home environments.
The Kickstarter project is intended to raise capital for electronics development and an initial production run.
The Playsurface is based on technologies previously developed by TA for business, educational, and logistics collaboration.
Visit the Playsurface kickstarter project here!
My Gallery Interactive Wins an AAM Gold MUSE Award
My Gallery Interactive developed by Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) won a Gold MUSE Award at the American Association of Museum's Conference in Minneapolis. The MUSE Awards are now in their 23rd year. The awards recognize "outstanding achievement in museum media."
Congratulations to MoPA for winning this award. It took top honors in the Honeysett & Din Student Award category. My Gallery was developed with Open Exhibits software and is available for free download in Exhibits/Templates section of the Open Exhibits website. You can learn more about the 2012 MUSE Award Winners on the AAM Media & Technology website.
Papers Section of the Open Exhibits Site Updated
The papers section of the Open Exhibits website has be reworked and expanded. There are dozens of research papers and articles focusing on natural user interface, accessibility, user experience, UI design, evaluation, multitouch techniques, and more.
We hope you find this evolving resource helpful. We will continue to add papers to the site and we encourage contributions from community members.
