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Museums & Mobile III takes places completely online October 24-26, 2011. We have added a special "Pre-Conference" day offering hands-on workshops on in-house mobile content development. The main online conference day - October 25th - includes a stellar line-up of sessions that will have an immediate impact on your mobile projects. The free Virtual Exaupo is back by popular demand and is a highly efficient way to meet providers of mobile products and services in one fun, low-pressure day.

This article provides an overview for anyone producing content about these two options. We argue that most content producers should focus on the mobile web, especially if they want to make their content more widely accessible. Mobile apps may be appropriate if looking for new sources of revenue, or deep user engagement, but many other factors make the mobile web the more sensible platform for most content producers.

"This article provides an overview for anyone producing content about thesetwo options. We argue that most content producers should focus on the mobileweb, especially if they want to make their content more widely accessible.Mobile apps may be appropriate if looking for new sources of revenue, ordeep user engagement, but many other factors make the mobile web the moresensible platform for most content producers. I'll provide a detailed comparison of both mobile web and apps for thedissemination of content focusing on the following: making contentaccessible, dealing with a multitude of devices and platforms, cost ofproduction, control over what content can be published, leveraging socialnetworks and search engines, features (such as ability to access users'location), user engagement, and monetization." (Author)

"Join us March 22-23, 2011 for the next edition of the popular Museums & Mobile online conference series. Meet others working on mobile interpretation and applications. Interact with colleagues from your desktop. Learn what's working and what's not. Stroll the Virtual Expo for what's new. Walk away with knowledge you can put to use immediately."

This new book brings together papers given at a recent major conference jointly organised by the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University (the world's first academic unit to focus solely on social aspects of mobile communication) and Liberty Science Center (the New Jersey-New York City region's largest education resource).

The Mobile for the Cultural Sector Conference will include a wide variety of people from across the Global cultural sector and the technology sector and will bring together the 200+ senior figures from: * museum, gallery and cultural sector curators, directors and board members * digital specialists * commercial strategists * pr and marketing teams * fund-raising and development specialists * quangos and leadership and training bodies * mobile app, website and marketing developers * advertising, planning and creative advertising agencies * network operators, handset manufacturers and technology leaders

The 2012 Museums & Mobile Survey finding are now available! Please jump right in and feel free to dig deep into the information we collected in this years' survey.

Während es inzwischen zahlreiche Museums-Apps gibt, sind Museen und Kultureinrichtungen im Mobile Web bislang kaum vertreten. Wir sammeln an dieser Stelle Beispiele für Museums-Websites, die für die Nutzung mit dem Browser eines Smartphones angepasst sind. Eine ganz neue Entwicklung: Web Apps, die in ihrer Funktionalität Apps nahe kommen, aber plattformunabhängig über den mobilen Browser aufgerufen werden. Für Hinweise auf weitere Beispiele sind wir dankbar; bitte benutzen Sie dazu die Kommentarfunktion. 

There has been a lot of buzz lately about mobile technology with the release of mobile apps by some major museums like MoMA, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Natural History. Reviews have been mixed, but the discussion about the way mobile technology should be used in museums has definitely picked up speed.

The Andy Warhol Museum released the AR Mobile App 'Layar'. "The Layar turns your mobile device into an augmented-reality viewer. By adding The Andy Warhol Museum Layar, you'll be able to view locations pivotal in Andy Warhol's life and work overlayed on real-time images from your device's camera. View locations in Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY and dive into related information and photos prepared by The Warhol's education curators." [the warhol]

MOBILE INTERPRETATION & STRATEGY WORKSHEETS The MuseumMobile wiki is an outgrowth of Tate's Handheld Conference Wiki, which was initially developed for a September 2008 conference hosted by Tate Modern.

Museums & Mobile annual Survey 2011: The Survey Results are In!

"TAP aims to provide tools to easily create and deliver mobile tour applications in a museum setting. Content creation is performed in the content management system, Drupal. TAP tours are exportable into an intermediate format, TourML, which can then be used as pluggable bundles for mobile applications. "

Das mobile Internet ist nicht mehr nur eine Vision, sondern Realität. Wer seine Inhalte und Werke auch hier verbreiten will, sieht sich allerdings mit einigen neuen Fragestellungen und Problemen konfrontiert. Mit diesem Artikel möchte ich gemeinsam mit Euch einige dieser grundsätzliche Überlegungen anstellen und freue mich über Ergänzungen in den Kommentaren. Dabei geht es weniger um die direkte technische Umsetzung, als um eine erste "Konzept-Skizze

Mobile Augmented Reality Builds Deep Consumer Engagement "Adding an image to a real scene von Ikea über Kew Gardens zu Wimbledon: eine Sammlung von Anwendungen.

TourSphere™ is a unique collaboration of artists, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We see the world through a creative lens-and we believe that mobile technology can ignite a new wave of learning about our world.

German Traces NYC is mobile, augmented reality experience designed to let learners explore German cultural heritage in New York City. The application makes use of archival documents, photographs, and multimedia narratives to bring to life to this significant thread of New York City and United States history.

7scenes gives you all the tools for your mobile city experiences, which we call scenes. Scenes let you explore places with your mobile, interact with other players and upload media on-the-go

Fast jeder vierte Internetuser nutzt Webangebote auch über sogenannte Small Screen Devices. Dies entspricht rund 1.4 Mio Personen in der Schweiz.

Museums are exploring digital and mobile technologies to enhance visitor experience. Initiatives go beyond technology within exhibits and installations, but also include more pervasive uses of tech to create interactive experiences for visitors throughout a museum, as well as remote experiences for those who cannot get there.

Die Römerstrasse Neckar-Alb-Aare ist eine weitere Anwendung des Projektes Kulturwege und ist im App Store kostenlos verfügbar. Mit dieser Applikation können Interessierte selbständig auf den Spuren der Römer wandeln und auf sämtliche Informationen zu den einzelnen Stationen über ihr mobiles Gerät zugreifen.