Saturday, 5 October 2013

Visit the Gardens of Versailles, smartphone in hand

Course à la carte, cultural or artistic interventions personalities, 3D plane: several innovations enrich the new app tour of the gardens of Versaille

Orange est partenaire du château de Versailles depuis 2009.
Orange is a partner of Versailles since 2009.
Orange and the Château de Versailles launch a new application visit the gardens of the castle as part of the 400th anniversary of the birth of André Le Nôtre, their creator. Presented on 3 October 2013, this App is available for free on the App store and soon on Google Play. Richer and more playful than the previous one, it offers unprecedented video and audio content.
Upon his arrival in the gardens, the walker must enable geo tagging on his phone. Therefore, when it is near one of the points of interest of the gardens, the application offers to comments made by teams of Versailles, curators, gardeners, architects and fountain. Plans gardens 2D and 3D also allows to move easily.
Among the bonus, there are comments such as those of Erik Orsenna, author of a biography of André Le Nôtre, and Giuseppe Penone, contemporary artist whose works are exhibited in the gardens.
App also offers edutainment course an hour of nine puzzles families. A key for the younger visitors, a "diploma" master-hydrant.
Finally, for even more interactivity by connecting to Facebook, the application allows walkers to take pictures and record comments that will be accessible to their friends when they visit in turn the gardens. Please note that this latter function requires a 3G connection.

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