BIBLIOTHECA DIGITALIS : THREE PHASES OF DIGITALIZATION

There are several books on a table with a reading desk, whose originals cannot be shown in the museum. The individual
pages of the books show nothing but page numbers. The content of the books only becomes
visible when the viewer looks through a screen in front of him. The material
book as the sole carrier of textual information is increasingly being replaced by the Internet and other electronic
forms of publication. The reading stations
of the installation represent the next step of this transition : The blank pages of the real books are replaced by
digital content in the projection using augmented reality techniques. The book is the interface.