I was reminded by a piece in FastCompany magazine about museum tags of the lovely IK Tag which I received when I spoke at the MediaMatic Kom je Ook? conference last year.
The IK Tag contains an RFID chip, this links me through a number on the chip with my profile on the Mediamatic social network and allows me to connect a real world event like a conference with the digital world.
So I could connect with people at the conference and by scanning our IK Tags next to a sensor, we were linked as friends on the social network when I next logged in.
Seeing this piece in FastCompany about these museum tags, I thought wouldn’t it be cool if a museum tag could also link the real world and the digital world in some way, perhaps it lets you vote for different things as you walk around the museum, or it somehow lets you collect items.
What do you think? Has anyone seen something like this?
We have done several projects with rfid in the admission tickets with musée des Confluences (Lyon) : collecting objects for online after visits, treasure quest, personalised content (language, handicap).
http://reseau.erasme.org/Visite-personnalisee-rfid-et
There is also the Bergen Science Museum that use RFID in the entrance ticket. http://reseau.erasme.org/RFID-au-musee-cas-de-Vilvite-Musee
Sorry : it’s in French …
Yam