2011
DOI: 10.1145/1921614.1921618
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A visitor's guide in an active museum

Abstract: Technology can play a crucial role in supporting museum visitors and enhancing their overall museum visit experiences. Visitors coming to a museum do not want to be overloaded with information, but to receive the relevant information, learn, and have an overall interesting experience. To serve this goal, a user-friendly and flexible system is needed. The design of such a system poses several challenges that need to be addressed in parallel. The user interface should be intuitive and let the visitors focus on t… Show more

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“…Danks et al [27] note that 1.5 min is a maximum for a standing audience at a screen and that the length should be indicated to avoid visitors' discomfort and attention drifting away. On the other hand, additional music, images, video and sound effects should only be used when they enhance the interpretation, as visitors consider these distract them from looking at the real object [14].…”
Section: Content Deliverymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Danks et al [27] note that 1.5 min is a maximum for a standing audience at a screen and that the length should be indicated to avoid visitors' discomfort and attention drifting away. On the other hand, additional music, images, video and sound effects should only be used when they enhance the interpretation, as visitors consider these distract them from looking at the real object [14].…”
Section: Content Deliverymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The main usability problems identified are related to the size of the screen: Small screens make difficult the manipulation of the displayed elements while bigger devices are cumbersome. In general, issues related to the user interface and usability can be mitigated by following a user-centered design process [14].…”
Section: Interface Interaction and Usabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Kuflik et al [11] implemented different tours and multimedia presentations adapting the content delivered based on the motivation of the visitor. This work concludes the use of RFID as the simplest available technology for accurate customization and positioning inside a building.…”
Section: B Guided Tours and Fieldtripsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More importantly, although research community has already applied both WiFi 802.11 technology (at 2.4 GHz) [6,25,26,31,53,[55][56][57]70] and RFID 1 devices at lower frequency bands (433 MHz -928 MHz) [36,[71][72][73][74][75][76][77] in indoor localization research, there is still no clear conclusion on two major issues: 1) Which radio technology works more robust and effectively in indoor environment?…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%