Our aim is to use digital tools to place stained glass windows at human height, and to offer an encyclopedia of stained glass within the museum.
Users will be able to zoom in on each detail using touch screens, with information on :
- the story they tell
- the materials used
- how they were made
- renovation methods
The stained glass encyclopedia room
This room will feature large-scale digital totems, five of which are accessible to disabled visitors and children.
Visitors can stand in front of them. The screen displays a stained-glass window. Clicking brings up a map of the cathedral’s stained-glass windows. Clicking on a stained-glass window displays it in full size. Visitors can zoom in on a detail, and a window appears with explanatory text and video.
The totems provide the user with a digital library of all the cathedral’s stained-glass windows.
If the user has already visited the cathedral using the application, he or she can save the stained-glass windows he or she has seen. They can then connect their phone to the totem and directly consult the stained-glass windows that interest them.
Our goals with the Encyclopedia of Stained Glass
To provide enthusiasts with all the information they need on the art of stained glass.
Offer schools who come to visit us teaching tools to explain to pupils this knowledge that they don’t have time to learn in class.
Technically
On either side of the room, eight large-scale digital totems are installed. Visitors can stand in front of them. By default, the screen displays a stained-glass window. Clicking brings up a map of the cathedral’s stained-glass windows. Clicking on a stained-glass window displays it in a larger format. Visitors can zoom in on a detail. If the area has a description, a window appears with the explanatory text.
These totems are linked to a mediacenter updating tool, so that the stained-glass database can evolve regularly.
The totems will enable visitors to discover every detail. Schools visiting the museum will be able to show and explain the stories to their pupils.
A project supported by American Friends of Chartres
