Project Overview

Problem: The educative process intrudes the enjoyability of the museum-going experience in standard text-based systems.

Claim: We believe our system will provide a non-intrusive interface that educates and enhances a walk through an art gallery.

Prospective Timeline

Week 4

• Resolve hardware/software issues, ordering new equipment
• Data gathering for application
• Integrating mobile, ARToolkit, DSVideoCE APIs
• Researching speech recognition engine and its capabilities
• Discussing interface models

Week 5

• Deciding on an interface model
• Developing a written prototype for interface
• Reading in a marker in an image on a handheld
• Reading in a marker on a camera (if equipment arrives)
• Learning sound API
• Collecting audio data from artist

Week 6

• Implementing the interface
• Application recognizes at least two patterns and responds through interface

Week 7

• Test runs in environment
• Reworking of interface model
• Optimizations
• Quick evaluation with REU participants

Week 8

• Future directions and extensions to project are discussed
• Working on presentation for symposium