In 2009, the Metropolitan Museum of Art redesigned the American Wing of their museum. Inside this wing, there are various Period Rooms which are reconstructed historical spaces using original furniture and decor. I worked together with Small Design Firm to create a set of touch screen displays to replace the traditional 'read the sign on the wall' experience. Museum goers are then able to stand in front of what they were learning about and read its history.

Users are not only able to flick through pages of information about the room, but they also can see an interactive 3D model of the room, where touching the items reveals its history for the user to see and learn in a more tactile fashion. This solution sets the Met apart in providing an interactive learning experience to museum goers, allowing them to experience the room as they should without going back and forth to info panels on the wall.

My development focused on designing and programming the user interaction model. The touch interactions, the overall state machine, image zooming, and card flipping were some aspects of the software I worked on.

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Technologies used: C++ (proprietary graphics framework), iMacs modded with touch screens