2022 (completed project)
University Library

Magic Book

Within the project of the University Library jointly with the Professorship of Production Systems and Processes, a “haptic” book was fed with changing virtual database contents. Thanks to OCR-technology they are automatically allocated to the opened page and “as if by magic”, the respective text appears in on-going letters. The “Magic Book”, also optically well shaped by manufacture of custom-fit furnishings, was opened to the public on June 20, 2023 and is since then accessible for all visitors of the University Library at the exhibition space on the 1st level. At first, it is fed with contents regarding the history of the library building (“Alte Aktienspinnerei”) and its users.

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  • Magic Book
  • Magic Book
  • Magic Book close-up

Contact:
Dr. Wolfgang Lambrecht (Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz)
Professur Produktionssysteme und -prozesse