Thursday, July 25, 2002
Let the iPAQ be your tour guide at Tate Modern
Posted by marlof in "NEWS" @ 07:58 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,762498,00.html
"In the future, everyone will carry a pocket computer that will tell them where they are, what they are looking at and what it might mean." In the future? This reporter from the Guardian has just described my current life! And many more can experience that from now, as the Tate Modern in London, a three-month pilot scheme started "using wireless-connected Compaq iPaqs to provide a multimedia guide to part of its collection, Still Life/Object/Real Life. There are 15 model 3850s in red ruggedised cases with Wi-Fi (802.11b) cards and stereo headphones available on loan. The tour covers only nine art works in 14 galleries, supported by seven wireless hubs in the gallery walls. All the content is delivered from a central server, which knows where you are. Push the presentation icon on the iPaq's screen and it tells you about the selected exhibit using sound, still images and streaming video. You can call up a map that helps you find your way around, and request more information by email." Source: Reza Sayeed.
Although I still have some privacy driven reservations on having other people to "know" where I am, in the past couple of months ideas like these have made me look forward to location based services for the Pocket PC. The possibilies seem to be endless, and I can see many advantages in setups like this. What do you think of location based services, and do you have a good example of what kind of services you'd like to see on your Pocket PC in near future?
"In the future, everyone will carry a pocket computer that will tell them where they are, what they are looking at and what it might mean." In the future? This reporter from the Guardian has just described my current life! And many more can experience that from now, as the Tate Modern in London, a three-month pilot scheme started "using wireless-connected Compaq iPaqs to provide a multimedia guide to part of its collection, Still Life/Object/Real Life. There are 15 model 3850s in red ruggedised cases with Wi-Fi (802.11b) cards and stereo headphones available on loan. The tour covers only nine art works in 14 galleries, supported by seven wireless hubs in the gallery walls. All the content is delivered from a central server, which knows where you are. Push the presentation icon on the iPaq's screen and it tells you about the selected exhibit using sound, still images and streaming video. You can call up a map that helps you find your way around, and request more information by email." Source: Reza Sayeed.
Although I still have some privacy driven reservations on having other people to "know" where I am, in the past couple of months ideas like these have made me look forward to location based services for the Pocket PC. The possibilies seem to be endless, and I can see many advantages in setups like this. What do you think of location based services, and do you have a good example of what kind of services you'd like to see on your Pocket PC in near future?
