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SENSUS and Open Exhibits – Easy Sharing Between Tables, Tablets & Phones

This video demonstrates the results of a recent collaboration between SENSUS and our own Open Exhibits software initiative.  The concept is simple: make networking and sharing transparent across multitouch devices and operating systems. The demo video shows an Android Tablet (Samsung … Continue reading

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Kick off of Meeting at Pereas

Our kick off event at Pereas in Corrales was a chance for partners, advisors, and invited guests to connect to begin our discussions about Open Exhibits.  Many of the attendees to the summit had never meeting in a casual, social … Continue reading

Open Exhibits Design Summit in Corrales, New Mexico

Next week 30 people will converge on Corrales, New Mexico to participate in two days of presentations, discussions, and activities designed to help guide Open Exhibits future development. Open Exhibits is just about half-way through its first year and with … Continue reading

Easy Authoring for the Microsoft Kinect with Open Exhibits

Our module for Kinect provides a simple solution for authoring gesture-based applications in Flash. Lately, we’ve been using it in conjunction with our other free Open Exhibits software modules. While the Kinect device itself doesn’t have the necessary precision for use … Continue reading

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Presenting at Blur Conference

In February, I’ll be presenting at the Blur Conference in Orlando, Florida. My talk will focus on what we’ve learned from developing multitouch and multiuser installations over the last few years.  The Blur Conference focuses on the new ways in … Continue reading

Gesture-Based Computing: Four to Five Years Out?

(Cross-posted from Ideum blog) The New Media Consortium has published the 2010 Horizon Report: Museum Edition which “identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years on a variety of sectors around the … Continue reading

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Open Exhibits and Ideum Exhibit Booth at AAM Expo May 22-25, 2011

American Association of Museums Expo 2011 May 22-25, 2011 “The Museum of the Future” is the theme for the 105th AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo™ in Houston, where “the ambitions are big and the ideas are bolder.” Open Exhibits and … Continue reading

Simple Mobile: Incorporating QR Codes Into a Museum Exhibit

>Reposted from Ideum This week, we put together a quick test using QR Codes to extend a multitouch exhibit that we developed last year. QR Codes are an easy way to incorporate a mobile exhibit component that allows visitors to … Continue reading

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Open Exhibits – Free Release and New Website, November 15

Last month, we announced that we received funding from the National Science Foundation for Open Exhibits. Today we’re happy to announce that, on November 15th and just 60 days after being funded, Open Exhibits 1.0 will be available free to … Continue reading

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Modules, Templates and Open Exhibits

In November, our first modules and the Open Exhibits core software will be released. Here’s a rundown on the November software release and a general overview on the types of software that will make up Open Exhibits. Open Exhibits Core … Continue reading

  

This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under Award Number MG-30-14-0037-14.

Matching funds for OpenExhibits are provided by Ideum, makers of custom exhibits, touch tables, video walls and touch walls. Ideum also rents multitouch tables.

Open Exhibits is powered by
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