Srpski jezik

Xero Mobile

Xero Mobile is an application designed for PDA device which substitute museum's guide. Developed in .NET Compact Framework 2.0, using RFID technology, this mobile application brings a whole new way of exploring museum's space.

Xero Mobile Features

• Exploring current museum's exhibition (textual and multimedia contents)
• Showing contents dynamically, relating to the position and user preferences
• Implemented concepts of ambient intelligence (subset of AI) and user modeling
Social connecting mechanism which links visitors of the same interest
• Availability of exploring not exhibited artifacts
• Presenting artifacts from other museums which use Xero Solution.

After entering museum, you will get PDA device with embedded RFID reader. Afterwards you have to adjust your profile in Xero Mobile application. User interface is adapted regarding to your age, gender and language.

Having entered in one of museum premises, you hear an ambient music which is related with the premises exhibition. RFID tags, which are placed all over the museum, determine your current position, which can be tracked on Xero Mobile map.

After you approach certain artifact, which is RFID tagged, you hear the ambient sound. When the sound is over a certain multimedia contents is presented to you. The contents you hear depend on what you have seen so far and how you expressed your interest during tour of the museum.

There are three possible types of visitors based on scientific studies:

• Busy visitor
• Selective visitor
• Greedy visitor

If you are the "greedy" visitor, you will be able to get additional information for not exhibited artifacts, but which is in semantic relation to the artifact currently observed. If that is not enough, Xero Mobile application will contact Xero Web Service Mediator and send request for similar artifacts from other museums which use Xero Solution system. The criteria used for getting that information are historical period and context.

Xero Mobile takes care that you explore all artifacts in predefined order. If you skip some artifacts, you will be informed about it. These rules are determined with semantic and hierarchical relations being established upon exhibition creation.

Xero Solution besides its educational dimension possesses and social one. The purpose of this social dimension is to connect the visitors of same interests. Xero Mobile has the information of your most visited artifact. Finding another visitor with same most visited artifact will result in informing both of you.

If you have some problem you can call museum support from your Xero Mobile application anytime.

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