GVAM, the mobile interactive guides for all, is a platform for manage and publish interactive guides designed specifically for exhibition spaces like museums, fairs and touristic destinations. Ciszak Dalmas participated in the design team to develop the hardware design. GVAM is thought to be used by everyone, independent of their capacity, circumstance and diversity. GVAM is the only interactive mobile guide and contents platform for museums and fairs that adapts to everyone with a sensory disability under the paradigm of Design for All. It allows you to incorporate audiovisual accessibility resources such as subtitling, sign language, audio-description or audio-navigation within the same device for the general public. Gvam is now launched at the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, los Baños del Alcázar Califal y el Museo Julio Romero de Torres. www.gvam.es



Ergonomics and capacity shouldn't conflict with each-other. The GVAMs offer a wide screen in a simple device that makes reading and layout the contents and accessibility resources easy. Furthermore, with the positinong system of the GVAM guides you can simultaneously play all kinds of contents such as sound, animated graphics, videos and photography. The GVAM guides can offer itineraries based on time available, interests, subjects, or didactic criteria. This helps the visitor with his or her itinerary using an indoor positioning system for pieces in the exhibition space. Easier to use than an audioguide, the positioning system allows the visitors to minimize their interaction with the guide as they need . With Automatic Mode the screen always shows the piece next to you. And, just one click is enough to access the explanation of the piece.




GVAM is a platform for manage and publish interactive guides designed specifically for exhibition spaces like musemus, fairs and touristic destinations. GVAM can publish contents online, on mobile apps, on international databases or on the multimedia GVAM guide from a CMS (Content Management System). This CMS is designed to be simple and intuitive to use for curators and educators from within the center.



Show your published contents contents on an easy-to-use multimedia guide that is ergonomic and accessible. You can add audio recordings, images, videos and 3D interactive contents. GVAM is the only platform that serves all of its users with or without a disabilities with just one system. It can incorporate all audiovisual accessibility resources that users may require such as subtitles, audio-descriptions or sign language among others.




Las guías multimedia GVAM son presentadas en el Museo Sorolla de Madrid
Las guías GVAM llegarán a varios museos dependientes del Ministerio de Cultura durante lo que queda de año y parte de 2012. El Museo Sorolla de Madrid ha sido el marco elegido por el Gobierno español para presentar esta iniciativa. Las guías multimedia – dirigidas al público general, pero dotadas de accesibilidad universal – estarán disponibles este mismo año 2011 en el Museo Sorolla y en el Museo Lázaro Galdiano. Para 2012, se prevé su instalación en el Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, Museo Cerralbo y Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas.



The following images show the design process, ergonomics testing and prototyping:






GVAM is an AVANZA R+D project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce and carried out by Dos de Mayo. Dos de Mayo heads the team integrated by the CESyA (Spanish Center of Subtitling and Audio Description), the Royal Board on Disability, Carlos III University in Madrid, CNSE Foundation and ONCE Foundation, in colaboration with the Spanish Ministry of Culture. www.gvam.es