Open Exhibits & CMME: Accessibility in Interactive Exhibits
Open Exhibits takes another step towards accessibility in the latest release with the addition of the text-to-speech and speech-to-text capabilities. With the new Open Exhibits 3.0 release, there is an example project that contains an interface to the Microsoft Speech … Continue reading
Survey: Connecting In-Gallery Experiences with Online Content Management Systems
Open Exhibits community members: Ideum (lead organization on Open Exhibits), the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, and the UConn Digital Media Center request your participation in a survey about connecting in-gallery experiences with online content management systems. The … Continue reading
Open Exhibits 3.0 Coming in November
Open Exhibits is pleased to announce an upcoming major release, Open Exhibits 3.0. Over a year in the making, this new release provides full 3D support including 3D motion gestures, compatible with the Leap Motion Controller, and 3D rendering capabilities … Continue reading
Open Exhibits featured in Huffington Post Tech Blog
Open Exhibits was recently featured in a tech blog article in the online edition of the Huffington Post. The article, Open Source Collaboration in Museum Exhibit Design, describes Open Exhibits and another open source initiative, The Tech Open Source. Open … Continue reading
New Exhibit Download: Museum Timeline
The timeline exhibit is a multitouch interface that allows scrolling of information panels accompanied by a description overlay panel. The exhibit is fully configured in CML to support easy customization of features. Each panel can have associated images and descriptions. … Continue reading
New Exhibit Download: Moon Landing Gigapixel
The gigapixel moon-landing exhibit is a multitouch interface that allows scrolling of a gigapixel moon-landing image. Hotspots on the gigapixel open information panels with slideshows of images and descriptive text. This exhibit also includes a vertical scrolling image gallery. The … Continue reading
New Exhibit Download: Album Viewer
The album viewer exhibit is a multitouch interface that allows fullscreen images and videos accompanied by a description overlay panel. The exhibit is fully configured in CML to support easy customization of features. Each image and video can have an … Continue reading
Open Exhibits SDK 2.6.1
We’ve released a patch update for the Open Exhibits SDK – version 2.6.1. This release addresses several outstanding issues as well as a couple of issues that were introduced in 2.6.0. This update is highly recommended for version 2.6.0 users. … Continue reading
Collection Viewer Paired with CollectiveAccess
The Open Exhibits Collection Viewer now has the ability to pull from collection data in CollectiveAccess collection management software. Catalog objects and metadata in CollectiveAccess are queried and pulled into the Collection Viewer interface for interactive browsing of museum or … Continue reading
Open Exhibits SDK 2.6
We’re pleased to announce a major release for the Open Exhibits SDK – version 2.6. This release is packed with new components, features, and bug fixes. We’ve made it possible to connect the gesture analysis engine to just about any device. As … Continue reading
