GOOGLE GLASS, WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF MUSEUMS

Liz Neely – Art Institute of Chicago

Rob Stein – Dallas Museum of Art

Neal Stimler – Metropolitan Museum of Art

HOW TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES

The Museum Wearable:Real-Time Sensor-Driven Understanding Of Visitors’ Interests For Personalized Visually-Augmented Museum Experiences

Flavia Sparacino, MIT Media Lab, USA

Osborn 1 Portable ComputerApril, 19815” Display

Apple Newton, 1993

IDEAS BEFORE THEIR TIME

MS SPOT – Smart Personal Object Technology, 2004

IDEAS BEFORE THEIR TIME

SUCCESSFUL WEARABLES WILL ENHANCE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS

SUCCESSFUL WEARABLES WILL BE FASHION-SENSITIVE

Technology and Fashion are identity statements. Successful

wearable technology will address personal identity.

SUCCESSFUL WEARABLES WILL EXPAND THE SENSORY CHANNELS OF EXPERIENCE

WEARABLES WILL ACT AS SOURCES OF ANALYTICAL DATA

Museums will make use of body-worn sensors as triggers

and interfaces to drive experience

MOBILE PHONES WILL BECOME THE CLOUD IN YOUR POCKET

Museum software architecture will need to accommodate

more extensive computing and filtering on the phone to

take advantage of these services.

SUCCESSFUL WEARABLES WILL DRIVE ANTICIPATORY COMPUTING

The usability of museum content will increasingly depend

on smart cataloging, publishing, and rich search interfaces.

WEARABLES WILL DRIVE A DIGITALLY-SOCIAL MUSEUM EXPERIENCE