Interactive Salon Prague
EPOCH and the Interactive Institute presented the Interactive Salon at the EUROGRAPHICS 2007 conference in Prague. The third edition Interactive Salon, that was on display at the Institute of Intermedia, was a special contribution to last year's Cultural Heritage track of the conference.
The exhibition presented seven projects from the Interactive Salon Stockholm together with two local contributions. The exhibition was also premiering the new work Electro Bacchanalia, developed in collaboration between Interactive Institute's Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise and Performing Pictures.
The Institute of Intermedia promotes study and advanced transdisciplinary research in technology, science, performance and the arts. IIM supports collaborations between students, artists, academics and scientists from a range of disciplines and countries.
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Projects presented at the Interactive Salon in Prague
Electro Bacchanalia – A Digital Peep Box
ElectroBacchanalia is a multi-modal installation, with the aim of stimulating young museum visitors’ interests in the motif of the old master’s painting and making a flirtatious reference to contemporary lifestyle.
Developed by Performing Pictures & the Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise at the Interactive Institute
3D web service - Turning images into 3D models
The idea behind the service is simple: take some pictures of the object or scene you want to reconstruct in 3D, upload these images to the webservice and download the resulting 3D reconstruction.
Developed by the University of Leuven in collaboration with EPOCH
Hokusai Manga– A digital facsimile of the first Manga Book
Each page is presented in its original condition and by presenting the book on a touch screen the reader gets a virtual experience of turning the pages of an old and unique edition.
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in collaboration with Touch & Turn, Sweden
Interactive Café Table- Inspiration for social interaction
Interactive Café Table is a modified pillar table with a rotatable touch screen positioned centrally on the table top. Several users can access the screen’s content irrespective of what side of the table they sit on. The idea is to customize the content for each specific environment and occasion, creating interesting pieces of conversation.
Developed by the Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise at the Interactive Institute and Stockholm City Museum
The Arrigo VII kiosk- Reconstructing and Presenting the Arrigo VII Mausoleum
Emperor Arrigo VII’s mausoleum from 1315 included a group of statues made by the artist Tino di Camaino. The masterpieces were dismantled in 1494. After almost a century of attempts to reconstruct the original arrangement, art historians have now discovered the possibilities that 3D technology provides.
Developed by Soprintendenza ai Beni A.P.P.S.A.D, Italy; Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione(ISTI), C.N.R., Pisa, Italy; X-Lab, Italy; Universita’ di Pisa, Italy; Universita’ di Firenze, Italy
Culturama– Cultural Interactive Panorama
Culturama is an interactive tool for presentations at museums. Its panoramic format is especially well-suited for the presentation of large objects such as panoramic images of buildings, historical time lines, scenes and landscapes
Developed by Centre for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage - CultNat, Egypt
Smart Museums Sites and Landscapes– From Visitor Guides to Collection Monitoring
The installation provides a multi-technology guide to the Interactive Salon exhibits. Sensors track visitor activity and monitor environmental conditions around the exhibits. Information is delivered to staff and visitors by a range of devices from desktop computers and kiosks, through handheld computers, to the visitor’s own mobile phone.
Developedby the Pervasive Computing group, Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, England and ARCES, Università di Bologna, Italy