Open Exhibits at ASTC 2012 Conference
(Cross-posted from the Ideum blog.) The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) will be hosting its annual conference October 13-16 in Columbus, Ohio. Ideum and Open Exhibits will be sharing a booth (#709) and showing off multitouch and arduino-based hardware and software. … Continue reading
Open Exhibits 2.5 – Coming This Fall
This November will mark the second year anniversary of Open Exhibits. Back then, we released version 1.0 of the Open Exhibits multitouch framework and launched the community site. In March of this year, we completely redesigned and rebuilt the website … Continue reading
London to New Mexico: Multitouch for the British Museum
Leaving London Olympic madness behind, I have landed in New Mexico for a month-long fellowship with Open Exhibits. It has been a long road from the multitouch seminar held at The British Museum in October 2011. That event brought an Ideum … Continue reading
SDK Update – Version 2.0.6
We are pleased to announce an Open Exhibits SDK update – version 2.0.6. One of the biggest changes is the decoupling of the gesture engine from the rendering engine. You can now independently set the processing rate of the gesture … 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
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
Welcome to Open Exhibits 2.0
The new site and software development kit (SDK) are here. Both are brand new and built from the ground up. 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 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
What Will You Build with Open Exhibits?
It has been a little over a year since the Open Exhibits website launched an we began posting software modules and templates. Over the new year holiday, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) and community member Lance Castillo posted a … Continue reading
