I am collecting examples of complex digital interactive exhibits in museums and science centres. These may be standalone or suites of connected exhibits. I am particularly interested in ones in which visitors design, build or test things in the digital space i.e. a series of visitor decisions combine to make produce an outcome - the experience is more than just about discovering information, or making a record of this visit.
If an interesting example immediately comes to mind, I would be terribly grateful if you could jot it down and email it to me. [log in to unmask]
If you have the time and inclination, you can read more of what I am interested in below.
The best examples I am aware of are the various climate change simulation and ‘Energy minister’ type games in which visitors make infrastructure choices and see how they play out over a number of simulated years. I am also aware of various ‘design a house, ‘design a car’ type exhibits. However, I am wondering if there are similarly complex exhibits out there based on other modes of interaction and covering other subject areas, for instance biology (predator/prey and evolution models?), engineering (design and test?), finance (economic and market models?).
Other relevant examples include experimental play interactives which can build complexity such as Reactable:
www.reactable.com
I am also interested in exhibits linked by visitors carrying bar codes or RFID tags. I worked on the Science of Survival exhibition at the Science Museum and other venues a few years ago in which visitors designed their city neighbourhood for the year 2050 across five tracked exhibits. Is there more recent that is similar or better? There are systems such as The Natural History Museum Nature Plus card that link all the exhibits in the Darwin Centre, but (I might be wrong) this seems to be about providing visitors with a record of their experience and the opportunity to explore further, rather than building or creating something
Sorry for the rambling post. I feel I am missing something and could use some pointers.
Thank you
Stephen
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