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Anna:  no apologies necessary....The first thing that jumps out at me  
is its a static screen - why not something animated, like having the  
skeleton walking around, or?  We do notice motion.  2nd, the computer  
and the exhibit to me appear to be separate physically......If I was  
looking at the exhibit, I would think the computers and the bike  
weren't part of the same thing.....

just my 2 cents worth on a beautiful afternoon in Dallas......
	


On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Anna Grace at Explorit wrote:

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> I have posted a very rough video on youtube to give you an idea of  
> what the exhibit looks like and what it does.  Here is the link:   
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anTk-apumdc
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> Again, I am looking for references to studies done on the subject  
> of visitor response to computer screens.  And any ideas/feedback  
> would be much appreciated.
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> Jeff Courtman:  Apologies for my atrocious grammar before.  The  
> screen already says "Touch the button" and "Touch here".  I meant  
> to say "I am wondering what we can do to the "resting" screen  
> beyond saying "Touch to begin" to draw people in."  Sorry for the  
> misunderstanding.
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> Thanks,
> Anna
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>> Could you post a picture(s) of it somewhere?  Like flickr.com?
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>> Does anyone know of any research about what types of computer
>> graphics really draw people in to an exhibit?  We have our first ever
>> (that's right!) computer-run exhibit that involves racing two types
>> of bikes and watching the road as you pedal or watching a skeleton
>> pedaling.  People seem to be immune to seeing computer screens and
>> they sometimes don't notice the exhibit or don't approach it, even
>> with two exercise bikes sitting there.  I am wondering what we can do
>> to the "resting" screen that says "Touch to begin" to draw people
>> in.  Right now it looks very sleek and metallic.  Any reference
>> material about computer graphics and visitor response would be great.
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>> Thanks,
>> Anna
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> Explorit has been growing into our new site along I-80 which opened  
> on September 23, 2006 at 2801 2nd St..  Learn more about our  
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