Designing innovative reading experiences for a museum exhibition

Author

Back, Maribeth ; Gold, Rich ; Balsamo, Anne ; Chow, Mark ; Gorbet, Matt ; Harrison, Steve ; MacDonald, Dale ; Minnerman, S.

Author_Institution

Xerox Palo Alto Res. Center, USA

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

87

Abstract

Rather than eliminating reading as many fear, digital technology actually facilitates a wide array of exciting and unusual reading experiences. A research team at Xerox PARC has created a museum exhibition called XFR that provides a glimpse into the future of reading forms and how we will interact with them. The exhibit stimulates an awareness of the ubiquity of reading and its continued importance in the digital age. It also explores the range of exciting reading experiences made possible by new technology, from interactive readers to large-scale reading walls to dynamic narratives that change in response to reader input. Because the XFR show took place within the context of a modern technology museum, most of the exhibits are interactive and hands-on

Keywords

document handling; exhibitions; interactive systems; linguistics; literature; user interfaces; XFR; Xerox PARC; arge-scale reading walls; digital age; digital technology; dynamic narratives; future; innovative reading experiences; interactive exhibits; interactive readers; modern technology museum; museum exhibition; new technology; reader input; reading experiences; reading forms; Acoustical engineering; Art; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Graphics; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Production; Technological innovation; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.895121

Filename

895121