I attended a conference in the fall and a gentleman from the Ah-ta-thi-ki Museum (Seminole Tribe of FL), was talking about their use of the Microsoft Surface. I’ve been there and used it and it’s pretty neat! Different than just an interactive computer display…
I don’t have any pictures, but here are the notes I took from his presentation:
Microsoft Surface
Touch table for interactive displays
30” LCD screen, 250 touch points, multi people can use (iphones have 2 touch points)
Object recognition, ie: set down camera and photos “spill out” onto screen
Go through Microsoft and work w/ developer
Versatile, cutting edge, $$$ ($15,000 ea + development costs)
Expandable (250bg + USB ports)
Cloning potential – can create “museum in a box” and have @ multi locations
*Developer – Quatrefoil, long time in mus business
Noticed patrons 30+ yrs, needed signage about how to use, 30- yrs just started playing.
Have at the MET and NMAI.
Too new, not a lot of stats on it yet.
I hope this helps!
-Jaime
Jaime L. Fogel
Librarian
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Interactive Kiosk Pricing
Hello All!
I have been asked to look into the cost of getting an interactive touch screen kiosk for our museum. We have, as part of one of our exhibits, a local veteran's memorial of sorts, which consists of photos of veterans with their name, branch of service, and birth/death dates posted on the wall. It is a very popular part of the museum, and people really enjoy looking for friends, relatives, schoolmates, etc. The problem is that we are facing a severe lack of space in that area (there is no good way to expand it), and we recently got the final photo that will comfortably fit. One solution that has been proposed and well received is an interactive kiosk that will allow people to search for an individual by name or branch of service, or simply view a slideshow of the images with captions. There are many options for kiosks out there- few of which I truly understand, because I have never purchased or set up something like this. Any advice about brands, software, cost, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Cass
Casandra Karl
Director
Mission Historical Museum
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