Your thread in the maze
Authors: Annuzzi Daniele, Artoni Alessandro, Chillari Paolo, Verardi Antonio
Minimum Android Version: 14
Target Android Version: 17
Don’t get lost anymore in maze-like museums. Don’t hopelessly loose hours looking for an online map of the next exhibition. Don’t face a two hundred people crowd to just read the name of that famous painting. Don’t run desperately for a two kilometers show looking for the toilet. Don’t wander around for two more hours to find the exit. Arianna will guide you through plenty of museums, exhibitions, shows, concerts and events. Arianna will show you the way to every facility or object of the event. Arianna will provide you both the map and the content you are looking for. Arianna will be your thread in the maze.
- Start Arianna simply scanning one of our NFC tag.
- Locate your position on the event map just scanning an NFC tag.
- Download automatically the map of the event and the information the organizers provided.
- Navigate the map of the event and locate the objects around you.
- View separated lists for facilities, points of interest and thematic paths the organizers defined.
- Search for any object in the event by name.
- Get all the information the organizers provided for any point of interest in the event simply scan the corresponding NFC tag.
- Follow the thematic paths the organizers have defined for you guided by our map and enjoy a simpler and faster access to the content of the path.
- Connect to organizers Wi-Fi simply scanning an NFC tag.
- Locate easily any facility/point of interest in the event and let Arianna guide you there.
- Follow the routes organizers have defined taking into account near emergency exits, extinguishers, etc.
- Navigate our events database by category or location and automatically download maps and content at home to speed up your future visit or to use the application without connectivity
Explanation of why various permissions are needed:
The NFC permission is needed by the app so that it can locate your position on the event map thanks to our NFC tags and in order to give you the multimedia content the organizer has provided for the point of interest you have scanned. The permission also allow Arianna to automatically start when you scan one of our tags. The Internet, Access and Change Network State and Wi-Fi State permissions are required so that the app can connect to our event showcase when you want to navigate our event database, download events maps and the related information and dynamically fetch the content for the point of interest you are visiting. Arianna will use the Wi-Fi internet connection the event organizer has provided, unless you manually activate your data connection support (the option is turned off as default). Arianna will never try to use your data connection without your explicit permission. The Get Tasks permission is needed to assure a logical navigation flow from the map and the info about what you are interested.
Keywords: NFC, indoor navigator, context-aware, events
Note: this is the description for the android app targeting events visitors, not the web platform for events organizers