The VUEguide, a handheld multimedia device with 'curatorial on demand' video, audio, graphics, and animation, was installed at Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology (MOA) from the Spring of 2005 through to Fall 2007, making it one of the world's first permanent installations of its kind. In the Spring of 2006 the VUEguide was honoured by the American Association of Museums with the Gold MUSE award for excellence in the use of media and technology to interpret history and culture.

The VUEguide provided museum visitors with personalized, location-aware, rich media interpretation. Towering totem poles, monumental carvings, feast dishes, and fragments of Northwest Coast dwellings and artifacts were augmented with a combination of expert commentary, informative narration, archival video and photographs, and contextualizing animation, all delivered to visitors' personal screens. The system employed location-sensing technologies to match rich media interpretation to the visitor's location in the museum.

.The effect of this device for the future of museums is nothing short of transformational," says MOA Director Dr. Anthony Shelton. "In place of the traditional institutional voice of the institution, the VUEguide allows for the expression of multiple voices and perspectives, leading visitors to explore the collections both conceptually and visually."

The VUEguide by Ubiquity was produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada, Administrator of the Canada New Media Fund, funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage. Project content partners included MOA, CBC Television, and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.