“Excavate and learn”: Enhancing visitor experience with touch and NFC

Author

Di Rosa, Emanuele ; Benente, Fabrizio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Digital Innovation, ETT S.p.A., Genoa, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 28 2013-Nov. 1 2013

Firstpage

689

Lastpage

692

Abstract

Advances in multimedia technologies, and their relative low cost, nowadays allow the design and implementation of museum installations that enhance the visit experience by making the visitor the main actor in the exhibition. In this paper we describe an innovative museum installation that integrates multi-touch screens and NFC (Near Field Communication) and allows the visitor to simulate what happens during a dig and learn about part of the archaeologist´s work as well as archaeological objects.

Keywords

archaeology; museums; near-field communication; touch sensitive screens; NFC; archaeological objects; excavate and learn; innovative museum installation; multimedia technology; multitouch screens; near field communication; visitor experience enhancement; Containers; Context; Mobile handsets; Multimedia communication; Object recognition; Radiofrequency identification; Unified modeling language; Archeological dig; Human-computer interaction; Multimedia valorisation; Museum installation; NFC; Object identification; Touch; excavation and objects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage), 2013

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3168-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6744837

Filename

6744837