Computer Science 160Group 5

Kevin Wang, Chuck Moidel, Scott Carter, Leila Takayama

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

The Problem

Museums are often daunting, confusing places to visit Lack of personal interaction Lack of available information Lack of multimedia content Hard to bring the museum home

Overview

What is an iCurator? What is it used for? The Three User Tasks

(with free demo!) From low-fidelity to

high-fidelity Summary

The Solution

The iCurator is: Easy to Use Interactive Multimedia Contextually Aware A Wealth of Information Versatile Extra mobile

The Tasks: Task 1

Familiarize yourself with iCurator

Navigate with iCurator to 6th floor gallery

Flash Player Movie

The Tasks: Task 2

Find artwork entitled “Number 6” by Jackson Pollock

Find more info about “Number 6”

Locate artwork in the museum related to “Number 6”

The Tasks: Task 3

Locate related artwork, “The Prey” by Hans Hoffman

Read the article regarding “The Prey”

Send the article to yourself via e-mail

Low-fi to High-fi

Low-fi to High-fi

Summary

iCurator is portable, interactive, and easy to use iCurator is tailored for the museum environment The three user tasks… useful, reasonable, intuitive Additions and Simplifications from low to high fidelity Next step high fidelity testing at BAM

Any Questions?