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Leave your Smartphone in your Pocket

Visiting a museum is an experience full of wonder and surprise—an immersion into a new world. Visitors encounter an intriguing mix of the past and present, the imaginary and instructive, the virtual and the real. Today’s museum audience is increasingly more demanding—looking for content that is both informational and engaging. At the beginning of 2018, with funding from the Vienna Business Agency, NOUS launched a development project to address precisely this issue. The solution is NOUS Sonic —a 3 dimensional, auditory, educational experience that lets the visitor leave their smartphone in their pocket. read more

The Smart GroupGuide System from NOUS

Many museum visitors appreciate the way the exhibited objects are explained interactively during guided tours: they offer an individual, often playful or creative approach to viewing the pictures and objects. But that presents art educators and institutions with several challenges: on the one hand, the volume and intonation of the guided tour needs to be adapted to a group that is moving freely in the space, while on the other hand it is important not to disturb other visitors to the museum. read more

Our Take from the NOUS Talk read more

The language diversity of Europe with its 24 official languages ​​presented a special challenge for the exhibition planners. read more

Inclusion does not have to mean exclusivity, the Eye to Ear project shows how. read more

Funding in the millions for innovative digital companies

The Federal Chancellery's third call for the AT:net programme launches today, the last opportunity for this year for innovative digital companies to collect up to 200,000 euros for their market-ready product to enable the product's market launch and establishment. read more

An article in the daily newspaper KURIER by Georg Leyrer

Opera streaming. The Vienna State Opera seeks a worldwide audience in classical music-loving markets via the internet. read more

Open Office and NOUS Expert Talk

Co-creative strategies in the age of digital change read more

The world is not enough! The museums of the future are attracting their visitors to virtual environments

Text: Elisabeth Oberndorfer | Museums in the US are daring to leave their familiar territory. Digital strategists are showing them how new technologies can attract more visitors. read more

10 years NOUS

Our magazine " 10 years NOUS" shows a selection of our best projects and highlights themes like successful placement, storytelling, technology and visitor development. read more