Ideum at the AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo
Ideum will be attending this month’s American Alliance of Museum’s Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo in Baltimore, May 19-22. We’ll be at Booth #501 - come see our Platform 3M 46 touch table, Presenter 55 touch wall, and our Open Exhibits Collection Viewer application. The MuseumExpo opening event begins on Monday, … Continue reading
Collection Viewer Paired with CollectiveAccess
The Open Exhibits Collection Viewer now has the ability to pull from collection data in CollectiveAccess collection management software. Catalog objects and metadata in CollectiveAccess are queried and pulled into the Collection Viewer interface for interactive browsing of museum or … Continue reading
Working on New Designs for the Open Exhibits Components
Open Exhibits software comes with over 50 UI elements and other librariesthat can be used to construct multitouch and motion tracking applications and exhibits. Recently, we’ve begun redesigning many of the UI elements for a release later this summer. Below are … Continue reading
Kickstart the DUO: The World’s First DIY 3D Sensor
Have you heard of the DUO? The DUO is the world’s first and only DIY 3D sensing solution. The DUO comes in many forms: with open hardware plans, molded cases, kits and fully assembled devices. All paired with an open … Continue reading
How critical are workshops in promoting universal design within a museum?
Last year, the Museum of Science in Boston held a week-long set of workshops as part of a project to demonstrate how digital interactive museum exhibit devices can be designed and developed for visitors who have a wide range of … Continue reading
Multitouch & HCI Workshop at WebWise Conference
Next month, I will be presenting at the WebWise Conference in Baltimore. Multitouch Collaborative Computer & Other HCI Delights will cover various aspects of multitouch and multiuser exhibit design. In addition, I will demonstrate some of the other emerging HCI technologies … Continue reading
Playing Valcamonica Multitouch Application Developed with Open Exhibits
In Sankt Pölten, Austria, just west of Vienna, at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, a Digital Media Technologies class developed a multitouch application that explores pre-historic rock art in northern Italy. The app, Playing Valcamonica, was developed using Ideum’s … Continue reading
Open Exhibits 2.5 Coming October 18, 2012
The Open Exhibits team is excited to announce that the newest version of Open Exhibits will be released on October 18, 2012. Along with all the great new features and improvements like more efficient gesture processing, improved gesture support, support for … Continue reading
Human Computer Interaction in Informal Science Education Conference (HCI+ISE)
Exciting news! We just received funding from the National Science Foundation to host a conference on human computer interaction in informal science education. HCI+ISE will be held June 11-14th 2013 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Kathleen McLean from Independent Exhibitions and I are the … Continue reading
Designing Multitouch for Children: Lessons from the Living Mural
While researching multitouch applications for kids, I came across an interesting blog post about the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. This turn-of-the-century museum recently underwent a transformation which included the launch of Tot Land, a dedicated learning space for … Continue reading