Eldheimar museum is located at UNESCO World Heritage site Surtsey volcanic area on Westmann Islands, Iceland. The exhibition focuses on the 1973 volcanic eruption in Vestmannaeyjar, providing a glimpse into people’s lives on Heimaey, prior to the eruption that would change their lives forever.

The museum consists of an 1100m2 two-story building with a large open space centred around a house that was buried in the volcanic eruption. We needed to provide an “automatic audio guide” allowing guests to explore the many interactive screens and exhibits listening in their own language without having to think about controlling the audio.

The solution included 100 Android devices with headphones and involved an 80 piece BLE beacon infrastructure placed throughout the venue, with careful consideration of how guests would move through the exhibition. The beacons are positioned in a way that the app can connect with 2 or 3 beacons at any one time (using a trilateration algorithm) to show the visitors location with +/- 1.5m accuracy at all times, and in-turn, automatically playing audio content relative to where they are in the museum

Quick setup, thoughtfully chosen templates and an easy to use content management system makes it easy for anyone to get an app.

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