Experiments with the internet of things in museum space: QRator.

Hudson-Smith, A.; Gray, S.; Ross, C.; Barthel, R.; De Jode, M.; Warwick, C.; Terras, M.

doi:10.1145/2370216.2370469

Experiments with the internet of things in museum space: QRator.

Hudson-Smith, A.; Gray, S.; Ross, C.; Barthel, R.; De Jode, M.; Warwick, C.; Terras, M.

Authors

A. Hudson-Smith

S. Gray

C. Ross

R. Barthel

M. De Jode

Professor Claire Warwick c.l.h.warwick@durham.ac.uk
Professor

M. Terras

Contributors

Anind K. Dey
Editor

Hao-Hua Chu
Editor

Abstract

Emergent Internet of Things (IoT) based technologies offer the potential for new ways in engaging with places, spaces and objects. The use of mobile and tablet computing linked specifically to objects and memory, comment and narrative creation opens up a potentially game-changing methodology in user interaction above and beyond the traditional 'kiosk' type approach. In this position statement we detail the QRator project in the Grant Museum at University College London. The QRator project explores how handheld mobile devices and Internet enabled interactive digital labels can create new models for public engagement, personal meaning-making and the construction of narrative opportunities inside museum spaces. The project won the United Kingdom National Museum and Heritage Award for Innovation for exploring the cultural shift that is anticipated as society moves to a ubiquitous form of computing in which every device is 'on', and every device is connected in some way to the Internet.

Citation

Hudson-Smith, A., Gray, S., Ross, C., Barthel, R., De Jode, M., Warwick, C., & Terras, M. (2012, September). Experiments with the internet of things in museum space: QRator. Presented at UbiComp'12 - 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Presentation Conference Type	Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name	UbiComp'12 - 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Publication Date	2012-09
Deposit Date	Sep 5, 2014
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1183-1184
Book Title	UbiComp '12 : proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing : September 5-8, 2012, Pittsburgh, USA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/2370216.2370469
Keywords	Museum narratives, Digital interactive labels, iPad, Crowd sourcing, Public engagement, QRCodes.
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1154404