Bringing Interactivity to Museums

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Museums are increasingly using digital video presentation to engage with visitors. Moving away from traditional VHS and DVD delivery, new dedicated digital media players can offer a low-cost yet highly reliable option for all types of looping content.
 
Digital View says their interactive media player and screen technology are an ideal way for museums to build more engaging experiences for visitors. They have added a range of low-cost interactive options to their series of ViewStream & VideoFlyer digital presentation tools. Buttons, levers, motion sensors and touch screens are all now available, with RS-232 and full AMX / Crestron connectivity. Manufacturers say they provide interactivity that is simple to program, simple to integrate and fast-to-the-touch - ensuring the best visitor experience.
 
The company’s newly released, free-to-download content management software, DV Studio 2, has been designed to make the creation of digital presentations and interactive exhibits easier. The software enables the simple creation of playlists from a standard PC or Mac. Users can drag and drop content into a playlist, set up any interactive trigger commands, and copy it all across to the memory card within the media player. A scheduling tool allows for content playback to be timed and a data log tool delivers a field record of all content playback and track selections. This makes is possible to measure how popular elements of exhibitions are with visitors.
 
The media players can be used to drive any LCD, Plasma or Projector systems, in standard or high definition, and either individually or synchronized together in a video wall. Developers pledge that the players will work constantly, 24 hours a day, for over 100,000 hours in the most demanding of installations.