MuViPlan - Interactive Authoring Environment to Plan Individual Museum Visits
Key: GaA05-1
Author: Stefan Göbel and Axel Feix
Date: January 2005
Kind: @conference
Book title: Museums and the Web 2005: Book + CD-ROM
Keywords: Digital storytelling, Authoring tools, Museum installations, Exhibition guide, Mobile applications
Abstract: Museums are one of the most interesting places to access cultural heritage, to learn about history or physical and biological phenomena. Hence, several people describe museums as '3rd learning place' apart from the parents' house and school/university. Museums provide a great variety of original data and exhibits enhanced by digital media. This trend results in guided tours (with tour guides or with mobile companions: audio-based, PDA, smartphone) or interactive installations. Especially young visitors compare museums with science centers or theme parks and expect highly interactive artifacts providing a gamebased phyisical setup or rallies to explore history or any phenomena. However, concerning the development of such applications there still exist several technical and practical obstacles: On the one hand, museum staff has the need for content creation and 'adaequate' representation enhanced by digital media and 'appropriate' interaction metaphors and 'exciting' physical setups and 'appropriate'.

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