Digital projects unlock the rich history and creative energy on the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam

April 28, 2010 the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, presented the first Urban Park Laboratories (UPLabs); amazing digital projects in public space,  from May 1 permanently available to visitors of Culturepark Westergasfabriek. Artists and creative people have used location based, mobile and digital techniques  to enliven the park with art, culture and history.

By the QR reader *, ten GPS Tours *, Time Viewer *, three ‘Whispering Banks’ * and Urban Screens * visitors discover the park's rich history and the creative energy of the Westergasfabriek. 

So you can hear voices from the past, take a look behind the facades, ending up in the middle of a fairy tale or see the buildings through the eyes of the architect.

UPLabs (Urban Park Laboratories) will be available for free from May 1, 2010, for every visitor.

See also : www.uplabs.nl/en

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• QR Park Reader: If you see a sign with a QR code, then there is something special to find on theInternet about that place. The code can be ea  sily read and scanned by the QR applicationon your mobile phone.
• Westergas GPS Tours: with your cell phone or PDA the park is a stage for drama,games and documentaries.
• Time Viewer: This looks like a tourist viewer, but can do much more. Choose the building or the spot  you want to know more about. With a push of a button, zoom in and go on tourthrough time.
• There are three ‘Whispering banks’ in the park. Once you sit on them, you hear stories of othervisitors. You can also tell your own story.
• Urban Screens: in the park and the buildings are interactive screens, which are used for current information. But they will also serve as exhibition space for special projects and as a bulletin board for visitors.