+1 on Annette's point. You can spend a lot of energy finding out exactly
where a person is to determine what object they're standing in front of,
but that doesn't answer the question of *when* they want to access more
information about the object. 'Do people want to find out more?' and 'Do
people want to find out more when they're standing in front of the object?'
are two separate questions.
And in support of your 'find out more about this object' session being in
the gallery itself, in the cafe or ride home afterwards, or a year later, a
huge +1 to making your objects discoverable on the web!
Cheers, Mia
On 27 February 2015 at 10:32, Annette Haworth <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> In a recent survey (of one, myself in Rembrandt exhibition), yes I wanted
> some info when in front of the painting, but no, I didn't want to stand in
> a particular area while I heard everything. I wanted to wander off to find
> my son to get him to listen to it, hear some of it while elsewhere and
> while walking between galleries and their audio system allowed that.
>
> I would preferably have liked to use it in the cafe, sitting in the
> entrance hall and at home.
>
> NFC and beacons assume the person in nearby and wants to stay there and
> not look stuff up when not next to the object. QR codes are probably going
> out of fashion but at least you can give each visitor a cheap piece of
> paper with them all on.
>
> Better still, industrial strength wifi free absolutely everywhere in your
> building and just outside it and all the info you (and others) have about
> an object googlable on the web. And let the visitor decide what, where and
> when to use it.
>
> Annette
>
>
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