Press Releases

imagineear announces wide-ranging partnership with Visual Arts and Galleries Association

May 24, 2012 13:47 BST VAGA, the Visual Arts and Galleries Association, and imagineear launch an ambitious partnership to use handheld multimedia guides to engage audiences at exhibitions across the UK, and create new revenues for VAGA member galleries at the same time.

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust partners with imagineear to provide multimedia guides for visitors

May 01, 2012 14:30 BST Visitors to Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Park are now able to explore the much loved attraction in a wholly new way with handheld multimedia guides, using imagineear's unique mediaPacker™ player.

The Point Eastleigh partners with imagineear to create 'A Feel for Nature'

Apr 16, 2012 11:33 BST The Point Eastleigh adopts imagineear's APpro™ technology to give visually impaired visitors A Feel for Nature during the Salisbury International Arts Festival.

The Scouts Association works with imagineear to guide visitors around Gilwell Park, the worldwide home of the Scouting movement

Apr 16, 2012 11:24 BST The Scouts Association has partnered with imagineear to offer visitors multimedia tours to their archive at Gilwell Park, the home of scouting worldwide.

Letting imagineear guide you around the world’s largest garden party: Floriade 2012

Mar 12, 2012 12:40 GMT imagineear has been chosen as the exclusive handheld media partner for the 6th Floriade, which is open from Easter 2012 and anticipates two million visitors over a period of six months.

imagineear appointed as audio partner by Gardens by the Bay

Mar 12, 2012 12:10 GMT Imagineear has been appointed by Singapore National Parks Board as the audio partner for the ambitious waterside project, Gardens by the Bay, due to open mid-Summer 2012, and destined to become a national icon.

Dulwich Picture Gallery chooses imagineear to deliver tours

Feb 20, 2012 18:01 GMT Dulwich Picture Gallery has partnered with imagineear to offer visitors mediaPacker™ tours to their permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.

imagineear breathes life into the official Eiffel Tower iPhone tour, telling the story of the monument for visitors in French and English.

Feb 03, 2012 16:00 GMT Visitors to the largest paying monument in the world, the Eiffel Tower, benefit from a new tour, courtesy of their iPhone and imagineear, available now in French or English at €2.99.

Port City of Jaffa to receive visitors now in their own language, thanks to an initiative backed by The Old Jaffa Development Company and London-based multimedia company imagineear

Dec 12, 2011 10:45 GMT imagineear Ltd announced today the launch of their Jaffa City audio tour, telling the story in multiple languages for visitors to the Mediterranean’s oldest continuously functioning port city.

The Untold Story of Titanic and Liverpool - National Museums Liverpool and imagineear partner to create first multimedia guide

Nov 30, 2011 10:45 GMT For the first time, visitors to the Merseyside Maritime Museum’s new exhibition in 2012, titled Titanic and Liverpool: The Untold Story will be able to explore the collection with an interactive multimedia guide from imagineear.

New Stadium Tour Launches at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium

Nov 28, 2011 16:03 GMT On the 21st November Arsenal FC launches their new interactive, multimedia stadium tour, which takes the Emirates Stadium into the premier league of London visitor attractions. For the first time visitors have incredible archive footage, interviews with the manager and team, and unique access behind the scenes, all in the palm of their hands – and all in 7 languages.

imagineear selected to interpret Qing Ming Shang He Tu (清明上河图) Singapore's largest ever cultural exhibition

Nov 08, 2011 12:15 GMT History will be made in Singapore at the end of the year as the city plays host to the largest art exhibition it has ever mounted. A Moving Masterpiece: The Song Dynasty As Living Art will take place at Singapore Expo Hall from Dec 7, 2011 to Feb 6, 2012. imagineear is proud to have been chosen as the handheld media partner to offer multilingual interpretation of the spectacle.

A Century later, voices from RMS Titanic arrive at ArtScience Museum Singapore

Nov 04, 2011 11:53 GMT For the first time in Southeast Asia, the blockbuster Titanic Artefact Exhibition opens at ArtScience Museum Singapore in October 2011, accompanied by a wholly new audio narrative provided by leading local interpretation company, imagineear.

Bolton Castle joins imagineear’s in2handheld partnership

Oct 19, 2011 16:06 BST Bolton Castle becomes the latest heritage site to join the innovative in2handheld scheme created by imagineear, and will launch multimedia guides onsite in 2012.

imagineear present at the UK Group for Education in Museums Conference 2011

Oct 12, 2011 10:15 BST imagineear ran a packed session at the GEM 2011 conference on the Young Interpretation project, using new technology to give young people the tools to interpret heritage on their own terms.

Signs for Sounds iPad app accompanies exhibition now at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Oct 10, 2011 10:15 BST Last month, the Signs for Sounds app, produced by the Harley Gallery and imagineear, launched for users around the world to explore the craft of letter-forming from traditional calligraphy, to contemporary font design, to street art.

imagineear sponsors novel art event with Singapore’s Goodman Arts Centre to launch SOUNDSCAPING

Sep 19, 2011 15:51 BST imagineear is delighted to sponsor the launch of POSKOD.SG Singapore's SOUNDSCAPING event. Guests at the historical Goodman Arts Centre were able to follow a curated mixtape by artist Rizman Putra on imagineear's mediaPacker, the media player that unlocks the cultural world.

The mediaPacker a year on; showcasing multimedia experiences on three continents

Sep 08, 2011 09:28 BST Since its launch, imagineear's mediaPacker has attracted attention from multiple venues on three continents, ranging from the Taj Mahal in India and the five venues of the Singapore Biennale to local museums, arthouse projects, and major football clubs. A year after its launch, imagineear is releasing a v2 upgraded player, which builds on the strength of the original concept.

imagineear releases CultureKey Barcelona, and invites cultural institutions and local attractions alike to benefit from the CultureKey platform for museum-quality city tour interpretation.

Aug 22, 2011 16:47 BST Tourists at a growing number of major city destinations around the world can now make more of their trip, and experience museum-quality audio tours both at the museums and out on the street. imagineear is developing a family of cultural tourism products with a unique model and compelling offer to local sites and businesses.

Harley Gallery and imagineear to launch Signs for Sounds iPad app

Aug 09, 2011 12:07 BST For the first time, the Harley Gallery will offer visitors to the Signs for Sounds exhibition a content rich iPad app. Together with imagineear the Gallery will take the exhibition catalogue into the 21st Century.

Elvis and the Beatles come together - in full Multimedia

Aug 04, 2011 17:54 BST ‘Elvis and Us’ opens at The Beatles Story Pier Head in Liverpool in October 2011, and explores how the Fab Four were influenced by the King. Beyond the exhibits themselves, visitors to the groundbreaking exhibition will be offered an interactive multimedia guide bringing Elvis, and his four very special Liverpudlian fans, alive in sound and vision.

The Frans Hals Museum chooses imagineear to produce Celebrating in the Golden Age audio-visual guide

Jul 27, 2011 12:48 BST Visitors to the upcoming exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum, Celebrating in the Golden Age, will be able to explore the circa 45 masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age on show with their own audio visual guide in Dutch and English, alongside a special kids tour in Dutch.

First ever multimedia tour at Anfield museum brings the legends and their stories to life

Jul 25, 2011 09:40 BST For the first time since Liverpool Football Club first played at Anfield in 1892, the club's proud and unique history will be brought to life in a multilingual audio-visual tour of the club museum, created for the Kop by specialist full-service audio tour company, imagineear.

From the age of steam to the age of mobile

Jul 22, 2011 11:27 BST imagineear and Kent & East Sussex Railways are to launch a partnership to take England’s finest rural light railway ahead of the curve in mobile interpretation and marketing.

Unique bird’s eye audio tour from above the Old City of Jerusalem.  Walk the Walls at your own pace, and with imagineear as your personal guide

Jun 06, 2011 13:04 BST To complement the recently launched CultureKey audiotour of Jerusalem – a smartphone app tour that takes you to the essential sites of the Old City of Jerusalem – imagineear has published the first ever companion audio app from atop the walls of the city.

imagineear launches CultureKey Jerusalem and partners with gojerusalem.com

May 24, 2011 12:52 BST London, May 2011: This month imagineear released its second city app for cultural tourists, CultureKey™ Jerusalem, available for use on iPhones and iPads; and simultaneously announced a distribution partnership with GoJerusalem.com, the leading inbound tourist website for travellers to the Holy City.

London’s Ben Uri Gallery and Museum opts for imagineear to help get in2handheld interpretation

May 09, 2011 13:14 BST London’s Ben Uri Museum has chosen imagineear as their partner to offer handheld interpretation to their visitors for the first time in a ground-breaking scheme called in2handheld.

Apr 28, 2011 11:10 BST London, Paris, 28th April 2011. imagineear ltd, leading interpreters of the cultural world, is delighted to announce a wide-ranging collaboration with smArtapps, the Paris-based leader in mobile app delivery solutions.

Bringing Singapore’s Balestier trail to life with imagineear’s interpretation solution

Apr 21, 2011 12:38 BST Singapore’s National Heritage Board, the NHB, chooses imagineear to interpret the famous Balestier Trail.

imagineear launches Young Interpretation project

Apr 20, 2011 12:18 BST Young Interpretation is a joint project, launching in April 2011, between imagineear and Redfront, showcasing projects that explore culture and heritage through the eyes and ears of young people.

imagineear helps museum and galleries of all sizes get in2handheld

Apr 18, 2011 11:42 BST imagineear technology removes the barriers for museums and galleries as they create or update audio tours and multimedia guides themselves. Now imagineear has developed a financing option to remove that final barrier – capital expense.

AudioCompass and imagineear collaborate to create the first ever audio visual guide to the Taj Mahal

Apr 05, 2011 11:21 BST AudioCompass, a division of Ras Maestros Technology of Mumbai, and imagineear of London have worked together to deliver the first ever audio visual guide to one of the wonders of the world: the Taj Mahal, on the mediaPacker™ platform.

Museum de Lakenhal’s prestigious exhibition Lucas van Leyden and the Renaissance opens in partnership with imagineear ltd as audio tour provider

Mar 19, 2011 11:03 GMT On March 19th, Queen Beatrix opened the exhibition Lucas van Leyden and the Renaissance in Museum De Lakenhal, in Leiden.

imagineear apps now available for download on Android Market

Mar 15, 2011 12:53 GMT With the launch of the Singapore Biennale tour, imagineear now offers cultural apps for the two fastest growing download platforms, and 40% of all smartphones globally.

Dartmouth Museum use imagineear's mediaPacker™ players to voice a younger perspective on the town’s heritage

Mar 13, 2011 13:04 GMT The Devon Museum has produced a guide to the town on the mediaPacker™ player - produced in partnership with local school children.

Bill Douglas Centre chooses imagineear technology for a guide that keeps on changing

Mar 07, 2011 13:09 GMT The Bill Douglas Centre were already uploading podcasts and interacting with visitors via social media, however they saw a demand from people who wanted to pick up guides and listen onsite.

imagineear partners with the Singapore Art Museum for the Singapore Biennale 2011

Feb 14, 2011 10:07 GMT imagineear Singapore is proud to announce a partnership with the Singapore National Heritage Board to provide the official audio-visual guide for the 3rd Singapore Biennale. The partnership covers all the major art works on show, and on rental devices as well as smartphones powered by Apple and Android.

Launch of imagineear's cultural apps for smartphones

Feb 04, 2011 09:40 GMT imagineear launches the Amsterdam city walking tour app, the first in a series of CultureKey city tours targeted at the cultural tourist of the 21st century.

Museum de Lakenhal has chosen imagineear as their audio tour provider for the upcoming Lucas van Leyden and the Renaissance exhibition

Feb 01, 2011 10:00 GMT In co-operation with the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum De Lakenhal will present the major upcoming exhibition, Lucas van Leyden and the Renaissance. imagineear has been engaged to produce an audio visual tour for the exhibition, which will assist in painting the even greater picture behind the exceptional artwork on display.

imagineear launches audiovisual tour at Dr Johnson's House, London

Dec 23, 2010 17:40 GMT Dr Johnson's House, where Samuel Johnson lived while writing his eponymous Dictionary of the English Language, has chosen imagineear to present the life of Samuel Johnson, using the house to illustrate the life of this colourful and influential figure.

imagineear and Geneva Tourism & Conventions put the city of Geneva directly into tourists’ hands.

Dec 20, 2010 17:22 GMT Geneva Tourism & Conventions has teamed up with imagineear to produce two multilingual audio tours to help you stroll through 2,000 years’ worth of history.

imagineear’s next generation audio visual player changes the interpretation game

Nov 01, 2010 16:59 GMT imagineear announces the successful launch of the most innovative audio visual player specifically designed for mobile interpretation.

Museumkwartier Slot Zeist has chosen imagineear as their audio tour provider for the Museumkwartier Audio Walk.

Jul 01, 2010 15:52 BST imagineear has been engaged to produce an Audio Walking Tour for the Museumkwartier, which will lead you past historical houses, the main squares, the castle, the gardens and will tell the story of the development of Zeist and the impact the arrival of the Hernhutter Moravian Church community has had and still has today.

Grote Kerk chooses imagineear APpro™ system

Jun 01, 2010 15:37 BST The 15th Century Grote Kerk in the Hague, built as a place of worship, and now principally an exhibition space, has chosen the imagineear APpro™ system as their audio platform.