연락처 : UQ 이메일 : alejandrinacandelaria@hotmail.it The Personal Cultural Bridge in the Gallery: hui ma Yingmi 008B Two-Way Wireless Tour Guide System

When you stand in front of the "Mona Lisa" exhibit hall at the Louvre in Paris, surrounded by travelers from all over the world, the audios of electronic camera shutters and low whisperings mix right into a cacophony; the voice of the typical overview is muffled by the group. You stretch your neck and raise your ears, however can only capture fragmented words like "Renaissance". When you wish to ask "Why does this paint have crack repair work marks?", you can not also obtain near to the guide's figure-- this is possibly the typical dilemma of the majority of abroad site visitors when visiting galleries.

Language barriers, noise disturbance, lack of interaction, and restricted rate have transformed the gallery's meant "social dialogue" into a brief "check-in". Until the Yingmi 008B two-way cordless tour guide system showed up, this awkward going to experience was completely reworded. Just recently, I checked out numerous places such as the Palace Gallery in Beijing, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the National Museum of Tokyo, experiencing direct just how this device became a personal bridge between abroad site visitors and the artifacts, and additionally listening to plenty of real comments from visitors and team.

The 4 Significant Challenges of Typical Museum Tours
Before experiencing the 008B, I first spoke to a number of abroad site visitors regarding their museum experiences. French photographer Pierre claimed that when he saw the Palace Gallery in Beijing in 2015, he complied with a Chinese excursion team, "Although there were paper English intros, the overview's thorough descriptions were more vibrant, but I might just depend on my buddies to sometimes translate, and many fascinating tales were missed"; American student Lily quipped regarding the density of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York: "In the preferred exhibit halls, the overview has to speak with dozens of people, and I was in the back row, generally could not listen to plainly. I wanted to ask 'What does this blue and white porcelain pattern symbolize?', yet there was no chance to talk." These comments specifically struck the "four significant challenges" of the traditional scenic tour mode:

Language barrier
Most museum on-site descriptions remain in the neighborhood language, even if there is an English explanation, there are commonly issues like "couple of sessions, difficult to make reservations", and small language minority tourists can only count on text descriptions, losing a lot of emotional info.

Sound disturbance
In the open environment of the museum, footsteps, conversations, and event programs blend together. The typical loudspeaker's audio is either drowned out or too loud and hinders other visitors.

Absence of communication
The overview proceeds at a repaired rate, and travelers can just record their inquiries and wait on completion of the description to ask, or even "let it go", and deep interaction is difficult.

Range restriction
Visitors need to comply with the overview, and if they fall behind by a couple of steps, they will shed connection. Trying to reduce to appreciate a certain artifact will certainly lead to missing the succeeding explanation, "either maintain or lose the material".

And these challenges, in the Yingmi 008B two-way wireless guide system, have actually all had targeted options.

The core experience of 008B
Two-way Interaction
The core benefit of the 008B is that it damages the "one-way output" tour mode, allowing overseas visitors to likewise take part in interaction quickly. This system is split right into "transmitter" (used by the overview) and "receiver" (put on by the vacationers), and they are connected through electronic cordless signals. One of the most essential point is-- there is a famous "inquiry button" on the visitor's receiver. In the Egyptian event hall of the Tokyo National Gallery, holding the 008B receiver, I considered the "Ramses II Sculpture" in the case and wondered: "Why is the nose of this statue incomplete? Was it damaged during the preservation process?" I pressed the concern switch, and a couple of seconds later on, the voice of the overview originated from the receiver: "This is an excellent question! The nose of the statue was not damaged naturally, but was purposely destroyed throughout the battle in the fourth century BC. The intruders during that time thought that destroying the face of the statue can damage the 'divinity' of the pharaoh ...".

What was even more unusual was that the overview likewise included: "Many travelers have asked similar concerns. Now I switch to two-way mode to offer everybody a linked response." As soon as the words mored than, the audio in the receiver transformed to "relay setting", and numerous vacationers wearing the exact same device around me quit and paid attention carefully to this additional explanation.

" Formerly, when leading overseas teams, the most stressful component was 'addressing inquiries en route back'," Ms. Wang, the overview of the Palace Museum, told me. "There were constantly vacationers that fell back and involved ask the very same questions after I finished a section. It interfered with the rhythm and likewise impacted other vacationers. Currently with the 008B, travelers can ask questions at any time, I can reply promptly, and I can even 'program' typical concerns, the performance has enhanced a great deal.".

This "anytime examining, instant reaction" experience has entirely changed the seeing way of thinking of abroad tourists-- no longer being "passively obtaining info", however "proactively discovering solutions". German historian Hansen claimed: "I examine Eastern culture, and several information require to be validated. The 008B enables me not to 'save inquiries', throughout the exhibit procedure it is the 'process of communication', this is what a gallery ought to be like.".

Audio High Quality and Anti-interference.
The noise environment in the gallery is the "opponent" of explanations, especially in prominent locations, the decibel worth can get to 60-70 during peak hours. Yet the "digital wireless transmission + smart noise decrease" mix of the 008B addresses the problem of audio quality.

I conducted an examination in the "Textile Exhibition Hall" of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London: There mored than 200 visitors in the event hall, and there was additionally substitute sound of textile machines operating. The overview stood at the entrance of the exhibit hall, and I held the receiver and strolled throughout of the exhibit hall 200 meters away (the optimum span of this place has to do with 250 meters), and I still could plainly hear the guide claiming, "The manufacturing process of 18th-century British shoelace requires 12 actions, each step needs to be completed by hand", and even can hear her exclamation in her tone.

" This is since we used GFSK Gaussian Regularity Shift Keying modulation technology, which is greater than three times extra resistant to interference than normal Bluetooth tools," explained Mr. Li, an engineer of Eagle Mobile. "Regular wireless devices are prone to 'frequency interference' when working in multiple teams all at once, but the 008B supports independent operation of multiple networks, even if there are 10 trip groups in the very same exhibit hall, there will be no 'disturbance' circumstance.".

What's even more considerate is the "intelligent sound reduction" feature. In the exhibit hall of the Taihe Hall of the Royal Residence Museum, I deliberately stood next to a number of tourists that were talking loudly, and the receiver still only maintained the voice of the guide, and the bordering conversation was immediately strained. "The system can identify 'human voice frequency band', only retaining clear voice signals, the ecological noise will be compressed to the minimum," Mr. Li said. "Lots of senior abroad visitors have actually reported that previously, when listening to the explanations, they had to 'have a hard time to differentiate', currently 'they don't require to purposely concentrate, they can listen to every word plainly'.".

Multi-language Assistance.
For overseas tourists, "language" is a more difficult barrier to get rid of than "sound". And the "8-channel concurrent translation" function of 008B straight broke through this obstacle.

In the "Clocks and Watches Gallery" of the Palace Museum, the commentator's transmitter has a "language switch button". After she presses the "French" secret, my receiver promptly synchronously changes to French narration: "This 18th-century copper-gilded writer clock was custom-made by a clockmaker from London for Emperor Qianlong. Pressing the button, the writer will certainly use a brush to compose the 8 Chinese personalities 'Eight Instructions Transform, 9 Lands Submit to the King' ..." The entire switching procedure takes less than 1 second, without any lag.

" We have pre-programmed 8 frequently utilized languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, and Arabic, covering over 90% of the abroad visitor populace," claimed Ms. Zhang, the abroad advertising director of Yiming. "If the gallery has unique demands, various other small languages can likewise be personalized, such as Russian, Portuguese, etc. Furthermore, the transmitter can pre-record multilingual explanations, and the announcer does not need to recognize a foreign language. Simply by pressing a button, vacationers can hear explanations in their indigenous language.".

This function deeply impressed the Arab traveler Abdul: "I have actually gone to lots of museums before, and could just see English descriptions. But lots of cultural terms were equated inaccurately. Now, listening to Arabic descriptions with 008B, I can properly recognize 'Exactly how the Arabic patterns on heaven and white porcelain show the cultural exchange in between China and Arabia', this 'indigenous language interpretation' sensation is so intimate.".

According to data from a specific open market area, after using 008B, the effectiveness of foreign visitors' function boosted by 60%, and the translation cost decreased by 40%-- this information is additionally relevant in the gallery scenario. After Beijing's Royal residence Gallery presented 008B, they terminated the "special language analysis team booking system" and changed it with "on-demand use", and the complete satisfaction price of small language visitors' check outs soared from 65% to 92%.

Battery life and portability.
When abroad travelers see galleries, they commonly spend an entire day (for example, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. closing time), "battery life" and "portability" have actually come to be vital variables.

The receiver of 008B considers just 35 grams, half the weight of a mobile phone. Used around the neck, it really feels almost nothing. I used it for 8 hours constantly, and my neck had no marks or discomfort. "We use food-grade silicone bands, which won't create allergic reactions, and the shell of the receiver is matte, so it won't slide when sweating," said Ms. Zhang. "Several vacationers have responses that 'using it resembles putting on a lightweight accessory, it doesn't impact viewing the exhibits in any way.'".

In regards to battery life, 008B can make use of 8-12 hours on a single charge, completely covering the needs of an all-day check out. If the battery runs out midway, the accompanying "mobile charging situation" can be made use of-- this charging situation is like a small storage box, can hold 6 receivers at the same time, and can bring back 50% of the battery in half an hour of charging. "Last time I took my parents to the Tokyo National Museum, my dad's receiver ran out of power around midday. After putting it in the billing situation for a meal break, it could be totally billed and used once again, really hassle-free," said Ms. Chen, a traveler from Taiwan, China. "There's no need to look for charging sockets almost everywhere, neither to stress over the tools 'breaking down' as a result of lacking power.".

Just How 008B Rewrites the "Cultural Interaction Mode" of Museums.
Throughout the go to, I found that 008B brought not just "experience upgrade", yet likewise a revolution in the gallery solution model.

Emily, the education and learning department head of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, said: "Previously, our 'expert communication session' can only accommodate 20 people because it was challenging to hear and ask when there were too many people." Currently, using 008B, we can accommodate 100 individuals concurrently. Specialists give solutions on stage, while visitors ask concerns with receivers. Also "group discussions" can be carried out-- for example, site visitors from different nations can share "the fabric strategies in their own cultures". Such cross-cultural exchanges were formerly unthinkable.

The Tokyo National Museum has actually produced "personalized led scenic tours" using 008B: Visitors can select between "extensive description channels" or "standard explanation networks"-- for instance, vacationers thinking about Japanese ukiyo-e can listen to experts describe "the shade application techniques in Katsushika Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'" in the "extensive network"; while those with time constraints can promptly comprehend "the origin and advancement of ukiyo-e" in the "standard channel".

" This is the value of 008B-- it transforms the gallery's service from 'uniform' to 'individualized', allowing every site visitor to have a discussion with the artifacts at their very own speed, in their own language, and according to their very own demands," Emily claimed. "For overseas site visitors, this is not simply 'understanding the displays', yet 'understanding the culture'-- this is the core objective of the gallery.".

Final thought: Allow every artifact be "plainly listened to" by the world.
When I completed my experience at the Palace Gallery, the setting sunlight was beaming with the window panes of the Taihe Hall onto the artefacts in the display cases. An elderly woman from Italy was putting on a 008B receiver and gently sighed as she took a look at the "Qianlong Pink Porcelain Flower Holder": "Chinese porcelain not just has attractive patterns, yet also has so many stories concerning families and rules." Her granddaughter pushed the inquiry button and asked the guide, "Just how was this porcelain vase carried to the Royal residence Gallery?" Her face had lots of curiosity.

Currently, I instantly understood the significance of 008B: It is not a cool digital tool, however a "cozy social bridge"-- it breaks down language obstacles, gets rid of sound interference, and makes it possible for overseas visitors to "clearly listen to" the tales of the artefacts, and even "take part" in the exchange of the tales.

For abroad site visitors, the museum is the "very first window" to recognize a nation's history and society. And the Yingmi two-way wireless overview 008B is the "lens" that brightens this window-- it makes every artifact no longer just an "exhibit" in a glass cupboard, yet a "cultural service provider" that can have a discussion with site visitors; making each gallery check out not simply a "fast glance" for checking, yet a deep, cost-free, and cozy "social encounter". The following time you walk into the gallery with 008B, you will discover: talking with background can be so straightforward.