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ART'OP - An interactive sound kiosk

Imagine a visit to a cultural site that is truly independent and interactive for the visitor. ART'OP is a product that avoids the usual pitfalls of traditional kiosks, such as repeating messages and predictability, to interact with the visitor.
ART'OP can be used to create interactive discovery trails that encourage the active involvement of the visitor. The visitor moves around the site freely, carrying with them a small transponder that will automatically trigger the sound kiosks to play upon their arrival. The kiosks will not play the same commentary twice for the same visitor and the commentary heard will be influenced by the kiosks already visited within the site. In this way the commentaries are adapted to each visitor personally and follow a logical path. The commentaries can also be programmed to be specific the type of visitor, i.e. programs designed for children.

Based on a kiosk and a transponder

The sound kiosk itself is very small, and can be lodged within a multitude of different objects, for example: a sound post, a sculpture, an animal on display, a tree etc. The sound kiosks are designed to function indoors and outdoors.

The transponder is inserted within an object (bracelet, wand, badge, swipe card, etc.) to make the system uninstrusive and also invisible to the user. The visitor has only to approach the object of sound and it begins to speak.

Summary of features:

• independance for the utiliser
• indoor and outdoor functioning
• kiosk can be lodged within a multitude of different objects
• high quality sound based on digital MP3 technology
• broadcast in different languages
• kiosk can contain commentaries of a duration of several seconds to several hours
• data collection carried out by a statistics module
• no moving parts and very durable
• upgrades available