MOPA Launches Soapbox! The Audience Speaks
Last month, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego launched its first crowd-curated exhibition entitled Soapbox! The Audience Speaks as Balboa Park’s foray into the growing trend of crowd-sourced curation. 120 images from MOPA’s permanent collection were randomly … Continue reading
Getting Started for Non-Programmers
Since the release of the Open Exhibits 2.0 back in March, we’ve been busy building new components, updating the SDK (software development kit) (we are now at version 2.0.4 if you haven’t updated lately), and improving the site. One item … Continue reading
The Maxwell – An Experiment in Viewing
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has recently opened a new exhibition, “An Experiment in Viewing,” which features an Ideum multitouch table with Open Exhibits Collection Viewer. Curators Catherine Baudoin and Amy Grochowski selected a broad range of culturally and geographically diverse … Continue reading
Multitouch Table Exhibit with Audio Layer Prototype
As I mentioned in my previous post, Open Exhibits Lead Developer, Charles Veasey and I attended a workshop at the Museum of Science in Boston this week that explored accessibility issues in computer-based exhibits. In the next few weeks, we will share … Continue reading
Creating Museum Media for Everyone
Next week, myself and Charles Veasey from the Open Exhibits project will be attending a week-long workshop focusing on accessibility issues in computer-based interactives held at the Museum of Science in Boston. The project, Creating Museum Media for Everyone is a National … Continue reading
Ghosts in Armour at Santa Fe Complex
An ongoing international art project exploring a declining industry, ‘Ghosts in Armour’ opens at the Santa Fe Complex on May 25th. The project is described as “a multi-disciplinary artistic exploration into the emerging post-industrial landscapes of Europe’s declining steel industry, documenting and … Continue reading
Papers Section of the Open Exhibits Site Updated
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
Collection Viewer 2.0 – Multiscreen Capable With Editing GUI!
As part of the new Open Exhibits release next month, we are releasing a new and improved version of the Collection Viewer. The 2.0 version has the ability to display images or related video on second display, improved metadata support, … Continue reading
100 Years Exhibition Now Open at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
This weekend we had the pleasure of attending the opening of 100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The Impact on Pueblo Nations at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC). The exhibit has two media-based interactive exhibits and while these … Continue reading
100 Years Exhibition at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
(Cross-posted from Ideum blog) Early next month, 100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The Impact on Pueblo Nations exhibition opens at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The exhibit is tied to the state of New … Continue reading
