Vodafone Italia partners with Hevolus Innovation for a new museum experience
Verona, 5 October 2022 – Vodafone Italy is the technology partner of Eataly Art House (E.ART.H.) and designed the 5G network covering the exhibition area of the historic Specialized Refrigeration Station in Verona because when technology meets art, a new way of experiencing it is born: unique, accessible, inclusive, and sustainable.
On the occasion of Ibrahim Mahama's Italian solo exhibition of contemporary art, titled ree Voli-ni, curated by Eva Brioschi and hosted in Verona by E.ART.H. from October 5, 2022, to January 29, 2023, the combination of exhibition design and augmented reality technologies will enrich visitors' journey. Visitors will be able to admire physically exhibited works and installations, and access holographic content in video and photographic format, to better understand and appreciate the Ghanaian artist's research, the social impact of many of his projects, and discover a new three-dimensional holographic installation.
Milan, 15 November 2022 – Hevolus Innovation has received the Global Excellence Awards 2022 from Acquisition International Magazine as Most Innovative Classroom Education Technology Provider 2022The award recognizes HevoCollaboration as the most innovative solution for supporting schools in their process of innovation and transformation of teaching methods. The 2022 Global Excellence Awards are one of the most prestigious international awards for organizational excellence, recognizing best practices, top use cases, and high-performing teams and individuals from companies of all sizes worldwide.
HevoCollaboration It is an integrated solution developed by Hevolus Innovation that uses Microsoft mixed reality and cloud computing technologies to enhance augmented teaching and enable inclusive, experiential learning. Conceived and designed based on Microsoft and Hevolus Innovation's experience in digital education, HevoCollaboration increases the potential of new technologies for promote the learning of new generations, supports teachers' new methodologies and develops new skills in schools for the benefit of the education system as a whole.
"We are happy to contribute our technology and expertise to a cutting-edge project, a pioneer of the art exhibitions of the future – comments Donato Di Nella, Head of Corporate Sales at Vodafone Business We are making available to E.ART.H. and visitors the experience gained during the 5G trial in Milan, led by Vodafone. 5G is an extremely innovative technology that will transform many aspects of daily life and enable increasingly engaging experiences that were unthinkable today. Vodafone enriches the exhibition experience by allowing everyone a unique, intense, and connected moment with the event and the artist. We are thus paving the way for a connected and sustainable museum and art experience.".
"In the metaverse and phygital visits, the emotional impact of the experience plays a crucial role. By making augmented reality content accessible beyond the museum context, we allow visitors to "take a piece of art home." We thus promote the dissemination of beauty and culture in a sustainable, agile, and intuitive way. We are proud to have collaborated with Vodafone Italy on this innovative project for the educational sector and to have combined the potential offered by computing services and hVerse by Hevolus Innovation, the world's first low-code platform for building enterprise metaverses."- he declares Antonio Squeo, CIO of Hevolus Innovation.
Fully inclusive, the metaverse experience is presented by an on-site guide with a Microsoft HoloLens 2, in immersive mode, and viewed in webXR by visitors on portable devices provided at the entrance. At the end of the exhibition, two QR codes will enhance the emotional impact of the visit. The first QR code is a memento of the visit: by scanning it with a smartphone, visitors can view the digital twin of the artist's unreleased holographic installation and virtually position it anywhere they like. The second QR code will allow visitors to continue the metaverse experience at home and share it with friends and family; visitors can access the artist's metaverse with their avatar for a firsthand, unprecedented look at Mahama's work and the projects he is developing in his hometown of Tamale.
