Very good point. Interestingly, I spent a day at IWM North yesterday with other members of the Social Interpretation team testing QR codes in the gallery space.
Light is really an issue and we're going to be getting creative about where we place them.
I'd also strongly suggest that if you are testing for light-levels, to test on a range of phones. We found that my Android (HTC Desire S), Claire's iPhone 3Gs, and Jane's iPhone 3G all coped with low-lighting in very different ways. If we'd only tested with one, some of our placements just wouldn't have worked for some users.
It's not just simple light levels either. On the way, we came across this advert:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105770065818820203758/posts
All nice and back-lit. But the contrast between light advert and dark surround meant that an iPhone just couldn't read the code.
Aahh, the joys of using a camera as an interface device. Roll-on NFC I say!
Tom
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gemma Sturtridge
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Or for that matter light levels in the gallery space? I've had a really frustrating experience in an exhibition where I had mobile signal, but the room was so dark my phone couldn't 'see' the QR codes.
Gemma
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When setting up QR codes does anyone test mobile carrier coverage/signal strength (when wifi isn't provided)?
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jed Howlett
Sent: 13 February 2012 10:26
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Subject: QR Codes
Dear all,
I am a Heritage Documentation Trainee at the Museum of East Anglian Life and I am currently working on creating QR Code content for our new Abbot's Hall displays. As part of my work on this I will be giving a talk about QR Codes and my experiences of working with them at the Demystifying Digital Heritage event at West Suffolk House on April 25th.
I would like to be able to get an idea of how museums staff feel about QR codes. Have you tried to use them and if so how have you made use of them? Has the use of QR codes been a success, failure, or somewhere in between? What sort of visitor feedback have you had? And if you haven't used QR codes are there any specific reasons for this?
Any feedback would be a big help in gaining a clearer picture of how QR codes are (or aren't) being used, and I'll be sure to post my presentation up here after I've done it.
Many thanks,
Jed
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