A new European application, with Greek participation, turns "smart" mobiles and tablets into personal interactive tour guides in museums
Thanks to a new app that has already been successfully tested at the Acropolis Museum, visitors will be able to use their mobile devices ("smart" mobiles and tablets) in the future to enjoy an interactive and personalized tour experience at the museums.
The new technology, under the name CHESS (Cultural-Heritage Experiences through Socio-personal interactions and Storytelling), developed by French, Greek, British and German researchers, με χρηματοδότηση περίπου 2,8 εκατ. ευρώ από το 7ο Πρόγραμμα- Πλαίσιο για την Έρευνα της Europeanof the Union. It is officially presented at the Innovation Summit, which will take place in Brussels on March 10 and 11.
Innovative technology, co-ordinated by the French company DIGINEXT, uses portable, augmented reality technologies and geo-localization technologies to turn the usual passive tour into a museum, an energetic, personal and interactive cultural experience.
Unlike traditional museum guides, the CHESS app tells each visitor a specific story, which focuses on theissues που είναι πιο σχετικά με τα ενδιαφέροντά του, με λιγότερες ή περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες, ανάλογα με την επιθυμία του. Οι ιστορίες μπορούν να εμπλουτιστούν με πολυμέσα και τρισδιάστατα games, while in some cases the exhibits "speak" and invite visitors to interact with them.
According to Dr. Maria Roussou of the University of Athens, the program can revolutionize the way we behave and operate when we visit a museum.
"CHESS aims to enhance and personalize the experience of each visitor, creating a personalized experience that takes into account everyone's hobbies and interests. Driving the visitor to the exhibits of interest to him and offering interactive content such as quizzes and games enhances the user experience. This is not only for the benefit of the user but also of the museum, who wants his visitors to get the best experience and to visit again, "said Professor Yiannis Ioannidis, of the University of Athens.
Last year, CHESS (http://www.chessexperience.eu) was successfully tested at the Acropolis Museum in Athens and the Cite de l'Espace park in Toulouse, France, for more than six months. CHESS was developed with the collaboration of seven partners, namely DIGINEXT (France), the University of Athens (Department of Informatics and Telecommunications), the University of Nottingham (UK), the Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Real Fusio (France) , the Acropolis Museum and the Cite de l'Espace (France).
The implementation will be marketed by DIGINEXT to move the program from the research phase to its commercial exploitation, which, as the program coordinators believe, will happen in two years. Since there are about 55.000 museums around the world, there are great growth prospects at a global level.
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