The museum QR codes in Cleveland had hidden audio tours

Hit up the natural history museum last month. Every exhibit had a tiny QR code. I scanned one on a fossil display and got a 3 minute AI narrated story about the dig site. The voice even adjusted pace based on how long I stood there. Way better than the outdated audio wands they used to hand out. Has anyone else seen those adaptive info kiosks popping up at other spots?

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the_lee6d ago

That 3 minute AI narrator adjusting pace thing caught my eye. I read somewhere that some zoos are testing similar setups with the QR codes on animal habitats, and they can tell if a kid is running by and swap to a quick fun fact instead of the long version. I saw a post about the Smithsonian trying something like that out back in the spring, but they were having trouble with it glitching when too many people scanned at once. Sounds like Cleveland might have figured out the kinks better than those other places.