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Hi Alexandra
For my PhD I did something similar, but there are lots of issues with
location tracking technologies - for example the visitor could be
close to an exhibit but facing the other direction. So I found it
better to have visitors record their locations (and interpretations)
on a simple, inexpensive digital audio recorder. Some of this work is
described here:
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/walker/walker.html
Kevin Walker
http://www.exhibitresearch.com
http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/kevin
On 29 Apr 2009, at 16:31, phaeno Wolfsburg, Alexandra Schautz wrote:
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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 exhibit
> 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.
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> Any help or suggestions will be appreciated!
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> Thanks for your help,
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> Alexandra
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