Synagogues 360º
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art,
Tulsa, OK
Roles
Lead UI/UX Designer
Content Management
Director of Animation
Tech + Industry
360º Pano Experience
86” 4K UltraHD Display with 43” 4K Kiosk
Photography / Religon / Culture
Overview
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art acquired Ideum to create a unique viewing experience for the world-traveling photographer Louis Davidson to showcase his work in a new and meaningful way. Davidson spent a large amount of his life traveling the world to document and photograph 360º panoramic images of past and present synagogues.
The exhibit features a massive 86-inch display that allows visitors to immerse themselves in hundreds of breathtaking synagogues in a virtual tour kind of setting. Visitors can search Synagogues by type, location, and the year it was built. The collection features over 300 synagogues with high-resolution panoramas that are controlled with a 43-inch custom Ideum Multitouch Kiosk.
Challenges
• Working with a pre-existing database utilizing 360º panoramic images
• Creating additional ways to explore synagogues other than time and place
• Designing high-resolution assets for map interactive
Solutions
• Create a master spreadsheet to organize the 300+ synagogue inventory, detailing details like origin, build dates, narratives, author commentary, and Jewish associations.
• Visitors can interact with filter options by year built, location, era, or by a randomization tool.
• A 12K resolution vector map was used as top-level navigation to guide visitors into distilling down the results of the 300+ synagogues. Once the map had been engaged, utilizing micro-interactions directed users to filter their results down further with a globalized menu system.
What I love about this project
When this exhibit went live, we were able to experience Louis Davidson’s work come alive in a new and profound way. The success of this project led to another interactive exhibit, history and map explorer, at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art. Our curator, Mickel Yantz, has become a recurring client who has asked us to work on more exhibits at the museum.
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