SOFTWARE

All of our software was originally developed for use in a museum environment, with entertaining and educating the public as the primary goal, with a special focus on students from 3rd - 8th grade. In addition, each of the programs have been featured in an exhibit and used by countless visitors at Houston Museum Of Natural Science, our project partners. That means that all of our software has been designed to run as a stand-alone kiosk, with beautiful graphics and intuitive user interfaces that quickly engage the museum visitor.

The rule-of-thumb for a museum exhibit has been said to be "if you can keep a visitor interested for at least 2 minutes, they will learn". Our software has proven that it can keep visitors interacting for much longer. While all of our software is suitable in a museum, a few programs have proven themselves especially robust and useful...

Survey App | Survey Editor Survey App and its companion Editor are great tools for museums to quickly create interactive kiosks to gather visitor responses or test basic knowledge. Users interact with a simple interface posing questions with multiple choice answers. All the user input data is tracked and written periodically to an external tab-delimited text file that can easily be imported into a spreadsheet program for analysis. Great for getting feedback as visitors leave an exhibit!

Tic·Tac·Toe | Tic·Tac·Toe Editor A version of the classic board game of X's and O's that comes ready with built in game question sets for Space Update and Earth Update content. Also available are question sets for Space Weather, Mars, Ham Radio and TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills). The companion Editor can be used to edit any question set or create your own game from any content you choose. While a simple game, it has proven very effective in engaging museum visitors.

FULL-SCREEN APPLICATIONS

Most of our software titles are available in full-screen versions that black out the remainder of the display window, preventing access to the desktop and any OS menus or toolbars. These versions are perfect for kiosks or computer classrooms where there's a need to limit access to the computer, and are available from the various software page links, as application-only downloads, without any required support files. You will need to have purchased or installed the regular version of the software title first, then place the full-screen version of the app in the same folder. Full-screen versions of our software all require a registration number to run beyond their 30-day demo. Contact sales@spaceupdate.com to acquire a registration number.

PORTABLE DOMES

Museums without the luxury of a planetarium no longer need to be second class. One of the most exciting projects at Space Update Inc is the development and distribution of our portable planetarium domes...now any location can have a planetarium! Our portable domes set-up and pack-away in minutes, can hold up to 30 school-age children, and run any of our numerous dome shows using a laptop, projector, and our MediaShow display software.

A portable planetarium dome is a perfect addition to any museum, either in a temporary or dedicated space, or better yet as an outreach tool to take to local school systems or malls. Contact us for more information on our domes and shows, or visit our sister site e-Planetarium.com for sales and rental information.

PLANETARIUM SHOWS

Museums that invest in a portable planetarium dome can then enjoy our many high-definition, full-dome, immersive digital planetarium shows that teach Earth and space science. Each roughly 20 minute show is written specifically for engaging and educating middle-school children. A wide variety of shows are available so museums can continue to bring new content to their visitors...

The online version of each show is warped for playback in a mirror or fisheye projection system. After sampling the full-length, low resolution versions of the shows here, please visit e-Planetarium for information on purchasing.

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