Touchscreen

In 2018, an interactive display was installed at the Louvre, next to the Egyptian statuette of King Osorkon II. On it, visitors could handle a 3D replica of the statuette to see the inscriptions under its base and read their translation.

The problem: those inscriptions are under the base. Reading them would mean lifting the statuette, and a piece this precious can’t be handled.

The Louvre produced the 3D model of the statuette, and PandaSuite built the interactive app around it. On the display, visitors rotated, tilted, and zoomed in on the statuette with a finger. They could get to areas normally out of reach, including the inscriptions under the base. On-screen text provided their translation. The app ran offline, with no need for the museum’s network. Its content, devoted to a single work, never needed updating.

Visitor feedback was very positive.