The Louvre Museum in Paris recently replaced the old audio tours with Nintendo 3D’s. Because this game console is 3D, you can browse through the museum just like you would in real life in the console. Because the DS has 2 screens, the top one is the map of the entire museum and it’s like a GPS because it shows you where you are going and where the nearest best attraction is. The other screen has audio tour options. Deborah Netburn in her article How the Louvre and Nintendo are reinventing the museum audio tour says that the device comes preloaded with 700 commentaries about works of art at the museum (2012, p. n. d.).
Dan Nosowitz in his article The Louvre Replaces Old Boring Audio Tours With Nintendo 3DSes says that the device costs $6.50 to rent for a couple hours and if you get bored you can play a game on it if you have the game. Games are not included with the rent. And maybe, we can replace the 3DS with Google Glasses (2012, p. n. d.)!
When I think of art and the Louvre, I tend to think "stuffy", ancient and stubborn.Yet the use of a Nintendo product refutes my belief. The incorporation of modern technology in my opinion will heighten the experience for the appreciation of art. For the 3DS will provide a contemporary to past change and lead to our greater understanding of history.
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