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We commissioned a piece called you are here from Scott Snibbe that  
tracks visitors using video.  It should be on his web site. If not I  
can give you more info

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On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:01 PM, martin weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>    No, no experience with this technology only with paper and  
> pencil. However, physical tracking is only one aspect of studying  
> visitors as I am sure you are aware. An interesting approach was Sue  
> Allen's at the Exploratorium. She, and her colleagues, wired  
> visitors for sound (of course with their permission) and  
> simultaneously video taped them to understand what they were doing  
> while the went through the exhibition and discussed it. I think they  
> were shadowed by a staff member taking notes just incase the video  
> was unable because of positioning to see everything. Interesting but  
> analysis was extremely laborious.
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> Cheers,
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> Martin
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> On Apr 29, 2009, at 11:31 AM, phaeno Wolfsburg, Alexandra Schautz  
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> I am currently working on a PhD proposal for a visitor evaluation  
>> study
>> in our Science Center Phaeno in Germany. For my project I need to  
>> track
>> visitors – where they walk, how much time they spend at one exhibi 
>> t etc.
>> Since there a lots of new things out there to facilitate data  
>> collection
>> I was wondering whether one of your institutions has any experience  
>> with
>> RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification). The idea would be  
>> to
>> have the visitors tagged (of course with their permission) to follow
>> their way within one part of our exhibition floor.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions will be appreciated!
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>>
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>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Alexandra
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>> Alexandra Schautz
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