Photo Prado: augmented reality to be photographed next to emblematic works of the Prado Museum

Thanks to the app's augmented reality technology, visitors to the Prado Museum will be able to 'pose' next to famous works such as 'La maja desnuda', of Francisco de Goya and take a personalized postcard.

the National Prado Museum, in collaboration with Samsung as a technology partner, has developed the Photo Prado application that thanks to augmented reality technology allows visitors to take a personalized digital postcard as a souvenir, after choosing it among one of the fifty most emblematic works of the collection.

Available in thirteen languages, Photo Prado can be downloaded for free on smartphones and tablets and users can share their visit to the gallery through social networks.

For Celestino García, Corporate Vice President of Samsung Spain, "The collaboration that Samsung has maintained with the Prado Museum for two years allows us to offer visitors interactive and different experiences, that combine our technological capabilities with the incalculable artistic value of your collection. The new Photo Prado app, developed in collaboration with Samsung, Follow this path of innovation, bringing the great works of art history closer to visitors of the XXI century".

The operation of Photo Prado is simple and takes place in three transit points in the museum where three panels with the augmented reality code are installed.. Once the app is downloaded, The user can choose from the image gallery of the application the box he wants to include in the postcard, Capture the code with your device's camera, which is replaced by the chosen table, and invite the people you want to portray to stand next to the panel. Then you will only have to adjust the size of the frame for the composition of the postcard and shoot.

The image gallery of this app includes representative works from the Permanent Collection of the Prado Museum, whose size is adjusted for the composition on the postcard depending on the size of the work and the number of people portrayed in it. Masterpieces, Landscapes, Portraits and historical scenes including, For example, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', of Bosch; 'The Annunciation', by Fra Angelico; 'Las Meninas'’ or 'The Spears', by Velázquez.

Other articles on Prado Museum, Samsung