GOOGLE GLASS, WEARABLE
TECHNOLOGY ANDTHE FUTURE
OF MUSEUMS
Liz Neely – Art Institute of Chicago
Rob Stein – Dallas Museum of Art
Neal Stimler – Metropolitan Museum of Art
HOWTECHNOLOGY EVOLVES
The Museum Wearable:
Real-Time Sensor-Driven Understanding Of Visitors’ Interests For Personalized Visually-Augmented Museum Experiences
Flavia Sparacino, MIT Media Lab, USA
Osborn 1 Portable Computer
April, 1981
5” Display
Apple Newton, 1993
IDEAS BEFORETHEIRTIME
MS SPOT – Smart Personal Object Technology, 2004
IDEAS BEFORETHEIRTIME
SUCCESSFULWEARABLESWILL
ENHANCE PERSONAL
COMMUNICATION AND
RELATIONSHIPS
SUCCESSFULWEARABLES WILL
BE FASHION-SENSITIVE
Technology and Fashion are identity statements. Successful wearable
technology will address personal identity.
SUCCESSFULWEARABLES WILL
EXPANDTHE SENSORY
CHANNELS OF EXPERIENCE
WEARABLES WILL ACT AS
SOURCES OF ANALYTICAL DATA
Museums will make use of body-worn sensors as triggers and interfaces
to drive experience
MOBILE PHONES WILL BECOME
THE CLOUD INYOUR POCKET
Museum software architecture will need to accommodate more extensive
computing and filtering on the phone to take advantage of these services.
SUCCESSFULWEARABLES WILL
DRIVE ANTICIPATORY
COMPUTING
The usability of museum content will increasingly depend on smart
cataloging, publishing, and rich search interfaces.
WEARABLES WILL DRIVE A
DIGITALLY-SOCIAL MUSEUM
EXPERIENCE

Museums and the Future of wearables