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Better together

As a strong content partner for our apps and mobile guides, our ideal one was always clear: ANTENNA International - worldwide leading in audio content, known for creative concepts and innovative productions in all languages. read more

An acoustic virtual reality trip

Antje Mayer-Salvi from Redaktionsbüro Ost asked our CEO Wolfgang Schreiner a few questions about our product NOUS Sonic for the c/o Vienna magazine. read more

How can we increase productivity while also making it possible to combine work with family or studying? Our management team asked itself this question in mid-2019. The result was a wide-ranging project that has now been implemented using structured processes. read more

A joint study with the Museumsbund Österreich

This year the Museumsbund Österreich conducted a survey about the current state of Austrian museums in digital space. The results were presented to the public at Bildraum 07 at 11 a.m. on October 29, 2019. NOUS Wissensmanagement contributed their expertise in the form of qualitative interviews. read more

NOUS Sonic

Much of our research is currently flowing into NOUS Sonic, our new centimeter-accurate and motion-sensitive user localization: a modified headset is equipped with a real-world orientation sensor, such as the one found in used in robotics to determine position, inclination, rotation or orientation. read more

Sharing stories - the international research project AAL HiStory is dedicated to the social inclusion of older people through storytelling

Older people look back on a life full of memories and most of them still remember their past. They have interesting stories to tell, especially from the places of their childhood and youth. Using reminders such as songs or photos can help them to trigger their memories. Talking about their personal stories with others helps maintain their self-confidence and self-esteem and keep them socially and cognitively active. read more

We are not only shaping the digital transformation for our customers we also conduct research and participate in research collaborations - in 2018 we invested much more than ever before in R & D: in spring we were able to launch our Groupguide system in Vancouver - a purely software-based group management tool that works without any additional hardware. read more

The Platform for all cultural institutions that want to stream their own content!

After more than 2 years of development NOUS presents its opera.live and video on demand platform to the public. Based on our long-standing streaming project in the Vienna State Opera, we have developed an easy-to-use backend that can interact with the Amazon Web Service and a wide range of payment- and content- systems. read more

Leave your Smartphone in your Pocket

Visiting a museum is an experience full of wonder and surprise—an immersion into a new world. Visitors encounter an intriguing mix of the past and present, the imaginary and instructive, the virtual and the real. Today’s museum audience is increasingly more demanding—looking for content that is both informational and engaging. At the beginning of 2018, with funding from the Vienna Business Agency, NOUS launched a development project to address precisely this issue. The solution is NOUS Sonic —a 3 dimensional, auditory, educational experience that lets the visitor leave their smartphone in their pocket. read more

The Smart GroupGuide System from NOUS

Many museum visitors appreciate the way the exhibited objects are explained interactively during guided tours: they offer an individual, often playful or creative approach to viewing the pictures and objects. But that presents art educators and institutions with several challenges: on the one hand, the volume and intonation of the guided tour needs to be adapted to a group that is moving freely in the space, while on the other hand it is important not to disturb other visitors to the museum. read more