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From 1st October 2004, museums and places of public interest will be obliged, by part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act, to take reasonable measures to improve access for disabled visitors. Where access is not physically possible, the Act states that organisations should:
“provide a reasonable alternative method of making the service in question available to disabled persons.”
Fivesite were asked to develop a custom interface that would allow the ship to be explored virtually on a kiosk. This interface needed to be simple to use at first glance, and encourage user interaction. |
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 The panoramic tours enable disabled visitors to experience areas of the ship that they wouldn't be able to access otherwise. And now the tour is available on the web, the whole world can learn about this famous floating museum.
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Fivesite used a combination of Flash (for the main interface), Java Applets (for the panoramic tours themselves) and ASP to ensure that the virtual tour was easy to operate and reacted quickly to the user.
Whilst it was designed with the kiosk specifications in mind, Fivesite were mindful of the fact that a web version was also planned. The best solution was one which would work equally well on both the kiosk and web platforms. |
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Fivesite combined clear buttons with a reactive interface to encourage users to explore. Selecting a deck, and then a tour on that deck is simple, with your location demonstrated through animation. Additional archive photographs and triva sections enrich the experience. |
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