The Palace of Versailles and Orange Launch the "Gardens of Versailles" iPhone App
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Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:42:01 AM
The Palace of Versailles and Orange Launch the "Gardens of Versailles" iPhone App
VERSAILLES, France, October 6, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- First developed for the iPhone, this English and French application is
available for EUR1.59.
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/application-iphone-en
To access the Multimedia News Release, please click on the following
link:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/cdv/44191/
This application offers a variety of specific audio and video content
relating to the gardens. The leading specialists on the Versailles estate
(curators, architects, gardeners, water engineers) welcome visitors and
introduce them to information of historical interest, details about the décor
and some unknown features. This enhanced visit allows visitors to discover
the gardens of Versailles either on-site or remotely.
On-site, geopositioning (by Spot Image and InterAtlas) allows visitors to
automatically receive information about the location where they are and to
access audiovisual content.
Enhanced reality allows visitors to open a virtual window onto the
gardens, accessing information superimposed on the filmed image.
Remotely, there is also a virtual visit for those wishing to prepare
their visit in advance. This is a benefit for foreign visitors as all of the
video content is downloaded in the application and can be consulted without
an Internet connection.
For the Palace of Versailles, this innovation is part of the Versailles
Digital Project (Grand Versailles Numérique, GVN). Established in 2005, the
aim of GVN is to design, test and deploy new digital tools used to enhance
visits to the museum and to the Versailles estate. This innovative project
benefits culture and visitors alike.
As a partner of this initiative, Orange is illustrating its ability to
use digital technology for the benefit of culture to as wide an audience as
possible and to support institutions in their heritage promotion activities.
About the Palace of Versailles:
Each year the Palace of Versailles welcomes over 10 million visitors to
its estate. This center of world heritage serves simultaneously as a royal
residence, a French history museum and a national palace where Parliament
convenes. The estate has been under the guardianship of the Ministry of
Culture since 1995 and has been awarded the status of public institution of
administrative nature. It employs 1,000 people who work to share the unique
heritage entrusted to them and to develop cultural activities worthy of this
grand location.
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
Video:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/cdv/44191/
Source: Château de Versailles
Press Contacts: Hélène Dalifard, Aurélie Gevrey, Violaine Solari, +33(0)1-30-83-75-21, presse@chateauversailles.fr
VERSAILLES, France, October 6, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- First developed for the iPhone, this English and French application is
available for EUR1.59.
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/application-iphone-en
To access the Multimedia News Release, please click on the following
link:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/cdv/44191/
This application offers a variety of specific audio and video content
relating to the gardens. The leading specialists on the Versailles estate
(curators, architects, gardeners, water engineers) welcome visitors and
introduce them to information of historical interest, details about the décor
and some unknown features. This enhanced visit allows visitors to discover
the gardens of Versailles either on-site or remotely.
On-site, geopositioning (by Spot Image and InterAtlas) allows visitors to
automatically receive information about the location where they are and to
access audiovisual content.
Enhanced reality allows visitors to open a virtual window onto the
gardens, accessing information superimposed on the filmed image.
Remotely, there is also a virtual visit for those wishing to prepare
their visit in advance. This is a benefit for foreign visitors as all of the
video content is downloaded in the application and can be consulted without
an Internet connection.
For the Palace of Versailles, this innovation is part of the Versailles
Digital Project (Grand Versailles Numérique, GVN). Established in 2005, the
aim of GVN is to design, test and deploy new digital tools used to enhance
visits to the museum and to the Versailles estate. This innovative project
benefits culture and visitors alike.
As a partner of this initiative, Orange is illustrating its ability to
use digital technology for the benefit of culture to as wide an audience as
possible and to support institutions in their heritage promotion activities.
About the Palace of Versailles:
Each year the Palace of Versailles welcomes over 10 million visitors to
its estate. This center of world heritage serves simultaneously as a royal
residence, a French history museum and a national palace where Parliament
convenes. The estate has been under the guardianship of the Ministry of
Culture since 1995 and has been awarded the status of public institution of
administrative nature. It employs 1,000 people who work to share the unique
heritage entrusted to them and to develop cultural activities worthy of this
grand location.
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
Video:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/cdv/44191/
Source: Château de Versailles
Press Contacts: Hélène Dalifard, Aurélie Gevrey, Violaine Solari, +33(0)1-30-83-75-21, presse@chateauversailles.fr