How-to Make A Captive Portal

Posted on  May 14, 2012 by Charles VeaseyView all posts by Charles Veasey

Last year we designed a captive portal implementation for Heist, an experimental project that used Open Exhibits, GestureWorks, and Sensus server technology to enable effortless networking. The system allowed digital museum objects to be heisted from the exhibit using a … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Hardware, Research

Papers Section of the Open Exhibits Site Updated

Posted on  April 29, 2012 by Jim SpadacciniView all posts by Jim Spadaccini

The papers section of the Open Exhibits website has be reworked and expanded. There are dozens of research papers and articles focusing on natural user interface, accessibility, user experience, UI design, evaluation, multitouch techniques, and more.  We hope you find … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Development, Education, Exhibit Design, Multi-touch, Research, UI Design, Usability, Visitor Experience

Cyberlearning Research Summit

Posted on  January 18, 2012 by Jim SpadacciniView all posts by Jim Spadaccini

The National Science Foundation is sponsoring a one-day conference in Washington DC exploring computing and networking in both formal and informal education. You can tune into the Webcast (and archive) at: http://cyberlearning.sri.com/webcast/ The conference page describes the summit. NSF has … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Research

NMC Horizon Report > 2011 Museum Edition

Posted on  November 28, 2011 by Jim SpadacciniView all posts by Jim Spadaccini

This is the latest from the New Media Consortium on technologies and their potential impact in museums. The final 2011 report can be found here. Interestingly, a draft PDF which included other topic areas has been widely circulated, the draft … Continue reading →

Posted in Research