+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Anyone thinking about touch tables should beware, as any media for delivering digital content in a gallery setting, i.e. is it just a silo for extra text/image content? If so why would your audience benefit from it being delivered via touch table? Is it a game? If so, is it easier for the user to get to grips with via a decent high def touchscreen?I was interested to observe that at the Natural History Museum in London, DC II (Darwin Centre II) uses a lot of touch tables that were pretty unused and not very easy to if you tried. On the other hand, the Darwin Centre with its stunning display of pickled specimens was where all the crowds were!By contrast, I did have a lot of fun on one using what seemed to be a program no more sophisticated than the old MS Paint writing my name and seeing it project onto a wall. I didn't learn anything new but it was fun - more so when others attempted to continue with rude messages :-)Best wishes,Tehmina+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +On 15 February 2016 at 10:18, Brian Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Hi Jane,
I've seen great examples of touch tables at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, and at Reykjavik 871 +/-2 The Settlement Exhibition http://www.reykjavik871.is/. the latter designed and produced by http://gagarin.is/ and there should be examples on their website. I believe the Tale of Two Cities exhibition also uses this technology http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/news/a-tale-of-two-cities-at-edinburgh-castle
Best wishes,
Brian
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