Make It Multitouch Workshop at MW2009
On Wednesday, Paul Lacey and I will be conducting a full-day workshop entitled, Make It Multitouch at the Museums and the Web Conference in Indianapolis. We’ll be explaining the technical aspects of…
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Open Exhibits – 2009 Survey on Computer Exhibits in Museums
We’ve just launched our 2009 Survey on computer-based interactive exhibits in museums for the Open Exhibits project. We encourage you to take the survey. Open Exhibits is a planned open source initiative for…
Multitouch Exhibit Design 3: The Visitor Experience
This post is the third in a series of three posts exploring multitouch and multiuser design. Our company, Ideum, develops computer-based interactive exhibits for museums. The first post addresses user interaction and feedback, the second focuses on User Interface (UI) elements, objects and environments, while the third looks more broadly at how multitouch and multiuser exhibits can shape the visitor experience. Traditional Computer-Based Interactives Part of our attraction to multitouch and multiuser exhibits has to do with their ability to enhance…
Multitouch Exhibit Design 2: Elements, Objects, and Environments
This post is the second in a series of three exploring multitouch and multiuser design. Our company, Ideum, develops computer-based interactive exhibits for museums. The first post addresses user interaction and feedback, the second focuses on User Interface (UI) elements, objects and environments, while the third looks more broadly at how multitouch and multiuser exhibits can shape the visitor experience. Objects, Environments, and Navigation The last post explored the types of gestures and the way in which visitors interact. This post…
Multitouch Exhibit Design 1: Interaction and Feedback
With the development of our first interactive exhibits, and a few rounds of informal user testing, we’ve begun to explore approaches in multitouch and multiuser design. We’ve created both a multitouch…
Multi-Touch Blog Directory Site : Multitouch Blogs
We’ve just released a directory and aggregator site for blogs, podcasts, and news sites that focus on multi-touch technologies. Since we began to develop our own Multi-Touch table last summer, our interest in the topic has grown. Like the Museum Blogs and Museum Podcasts directory sites, Multitouch Blogs is open to new submissions from the community. This site is powered by our own RSS Mixer technology. The idea of the directory is to raise awareness and increase the authority of sites focusing on…
Multitouch Table is Released
After months of prototyping, we’ve finally released our multitouch table. It has been quite a process as we’ve gone through several iterations to develop a version of the touch table that is exhibit ready. The final table has a high-resolution display (higher than Microsoft Surface) and it is built rugged, so it can handle just about any environment, including hands on science centers. In fact, we tested the table at the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, Texas. Here’s a picture of…
Web and Interaction Designer Position
We’ve just posted a position for Web and Interaction Designer on Craigslist. We’re looking for designer to work with us as we develop multi-touch / multi-user exhibits and Web applications over the next year. This position is being offered, as our Lead Designer will be moving to a part-time position as he pursues a degree. You can read the full-description of the job and apply on Craigslist. (Please no phone calls.) (Update: January 27, 2009 – We’re not accepting any more applications for…
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