Content Document About I Beacon

Beacons are small wireless sensors that communicate with Bluetooth-enabled smart devices such as iPhones or iPads and androids by continuously advertising their location using a Bluetooth low energy radio transmitter. In turn, smart devices monitor the received signal strength indication (RSSI) and determine the device's proximity to the beacon. Apple's developer guidelines divide the proximity to the beacon into three states: immediate, near (between one and three meters), and far. Once the user is in the desired proximity range, the corresponding app content is triggered. I beacon is now used widely in museum to share  content like stories, pictures, interesting facts, videos, narratives that are relevant to exhibits in immediate vicinity of visitor.

Some of the feature listed below of beacon.

o If a museum puts some beacons in its galleries, any device can find them, and any app can use those beacons to trigger content

o Beacons offer museums an opportunity to provide context to visitors like never before. With beacons, an app can sense exactly where in the museum a guest is and provide relevant information. Instead of searching through an audio tour for the right section, the visitor can instantly watch a video highlighting the artist’s life on his/her mobile, and learning more about a particular painting

o Beacons enable visitors to discover more about collections as they walk around a site.

o Instant messanging

o For outdoor exhibits, we provide weather resistant iBeacons.o Our Museum App’s iBeacon related features can be implemented quickly as solution is

already integrated in our Museum App.o Can be very useful when you have multiple buildings or outdoor exhibits as well.o Push up notification sharing PR info.