Sunday, March 13, 2011

Museum of Photographic Arts is redefining the museum experience w/ #QR Codes

Your cell phone will also come in handy with one of the photos in “Imagine That,” the 1990 “Pale Blue Dot” taken from the Voyager I satellite. In it, Earth is a mere speck in the vastness of the universe. And just in case you have trouble seeing it, there’s a magnifying glass nearby. But if you want to know more, there’s another QR code next to the photo (scan it and in a moment, you hear the Carl Sagan talking about that very photograph).

“Everybody is going to have a smart phone,” Klochko said. “They may not have it right now, but there’s no reason we can’t start doing prototypes so that people who do have them can use them. Things are changing fast; you have to be responsive.” Read More

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