
XiBIT Infoguide
Museums and art.
XiBIT Infoguide GmbH, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Gmunden, Austria, operates a web-based infoguide platform designed to digitize cultural and historical institutions. The company was established by Sandra Daxinger, Siegfried Gangl, and Josef Spitzlinger. It provides a digital solution for entities like museums, galleries, and tourism boards to create and share content.
The core of the business is a web and app solution that allows cultural-historical institutions to register and create a digital presence for free. Clients can build profile pages and use the system as a digital guide. The platform enables these institutions to present objects and exhibits using a variety of media, including images, text, audio, videos, and geodata. This content can then be published on the web and shared via social media. The system is designed to be self-service, allowing clients to create and manage their own projects.
For visitors, XiBIT offers a free mobile app for both iOS and Android, which turns their smartphone into a personal tour guide. They can access information about exhibits and points of interest by using a search function, a map to find nearby content, or by scanning QR codes on-site. This approach eliminates the need for physical loaner devices. Visitors do not need to register to view content, unless the providing institution has set its content to private.
XiBIT operates on a freemium business model. The basic account is free and allows for the creation of an unlimited number of objects and infoguides, which are thematically structured groups of objects. This free tier includes cloud-based storage, multilingual capabilities, and access to statistics. For advanced features, such as creating parent and child objects for more detailed exhibits, a premium account is available by contacting the company directly. The company received backing from the accelerator tech2b in January 2022.
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