Pigeon Suite · AI Recognition

AI Recognition for Animals, Artifacts and Exhibits

Point the camera. Recognize what’s in front of you. Unlock an interactive learning experience.

Pigeon Suite AI Recognition lets visitors point their mobile camera at a supported animal, artifact, exhibit, or object and instantly access relevant digital content. Recognition can open stories, facts, images, audio, video, quizzes, and configured experiences.

Designed for museums, zoos, aquariums, science centers, and visitor attractions.

  • Camera-Based Recognition
  • Interactive Learning
  • Gamified Discovery
  • White-Labeled Experience
2026 IAAPA Best New Product Award Finalist
A father and his young daughter at a wooden zoo fence, the girl holding a phone up toward a giraffe while he points
Phone screen: the camera has recognized a giraffe, with a result card and a See the story button

From camera to discovery in seconds

Turn visitor curiosity into interactive learning with a simple four-step experience.

  1. 1

    Point

    Visitor points the camera at a supported animal, artifact, or exhibit.

  2. 2

    Recognize

    The configured recognition model identifies the subject.

  3. 3

    Discover

    Relevant stories, media, facts, or educational content appear instantly.

  4. 4

    Participate

    Visitors continue into quizzes, challenges, or related discoveries.

A tall giraffe standing among green trees, its head and long neck turned toward the viewer

Recognition that connects the physical and digital experience

  • AI Visual Recognition

    Recognize cataloged animals, artifacts, exhibits, or approved objects.

  • Rich Digital Content

    Connect recognition results to text, images, audio, and video.

  • Learn Through Play

    Add quizzes, questions, and playful educational interactions.

  • Connected Discovery

    Guide visitors to related exhibits, stories, or next experiences.

  • Configurable for Your Venue

    Prepare the experience around the subjects and content selected for deployment.

See AI Recognition in action

A real-world recognition journey from camera view to learning moment.

  1. Phone screen: the camera viewfinder with a scanning line over a giraffe
    1

    Scan

    Point your camera at an animal, artifact or exhibit.

  2. Phone screen: the giraffe is recognized and a result card offers the story
    2

    Recognize

    AI identifies the subject instantly.

  3. Phone screen: the giraffe page with facts, story, audio and video tabs
    3

    Discover

    Get facts, stories, images, audio and video.

  4. Phone screen: a quick quiz question about the tallest land animal with the right answer selected
    4

    Learn Through Play

    Try a quiz or challenge to test your knowledge.

  5. Phone screen: related animals and nearby places to continue exploring
    5

    Continue Exploring

    Discover related exhibits, animals or nearby content.

Value for visitors and venue teams

From arrival to exploration, the app guides every step for an effortless experience.

For Visitors

  • Discover information at the moment of curiosity
  • Learn through interactive content and quizzes
  • Connect physical objects with deeper stories
  • Explore independently at their own pace
  • Turn observation into participation

For Venue Teams

  • Extend interpretation beyond physical signage
  • Connect exhibits with multimedia content
  • Support educational and interpretive goals
  • Create reusable interactive experiences
  • Measure recognition and content interactions

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Customer story

Parc Animalier d’Auvergne

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Read the story

“The Pigeon app offers our visitors a different way to experience the Auvergne Animal Park. Real-time animal recognition and interactive content keep families engaged and inspired throughout their visit”

Camille Fluzin, Education Manager, PARC ANIMALIER D’AUVERGNE

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Frequently asked questions

What is AI recognition for museums, zoos, and attractions?

AI recognition uses a visitor's camera to identify a trained animal, artifact, exhibit, or object and connect it to relevant digital content.

With Pigeon Suite, visitors can point their mobile device at a supported subject and access information such as stories, facts, images, audio, video, quizzes, or other configured experiences.

For museums, zoos, aquariums, and attractions, this can create a more interactive connection between the physical object or animal and the digital visitor experience.

How does Pigeon Suite AI Recognition work?

Pigeon Suite AI Recognition is configured around selected animals, artifacts, exhibits, or objects for the venue.

A visitor opens the recognition experience, points the camera at a supported subject, and the system attempts to identify it using the configured recognition model.

Once recognized, Pigeon Suite can open the related digital experience, such as educational content, multimedia, quizzes, challenges, or other connected features.

The exact recognition setup and supported experience are defined for each deployment.

What can Pigeon Suite recognize?

Pigeon Suite AI Recognition can be configured to recognize supported subjects such as:

  1. Animals
  2. Artifacts
  3. Exhibits
  4. Objects
  5. Educational items
  6. Other approved visual subjects

What can be recognized depends on the selected use case, the quality and availability of training material, the visual characteristics of the subject, and the recognition model prepared for the deployment.

Not every object is equally suitable for visual recognition, so the final set of supported subjects should be confirmed during implementation.

Does Pigeon Suite train the AI for our animals, artifacts, or exhibits?

Yes. Pigeon Suite can prepare and configure the recognition experience around the animals, artifacts, exhibits, or other subjects selected for the project.

The training and setup process may require approved images or other suitable reference material for each subject.

The amount and type of training material required can vary depending on factors such as:

  1. Similarity between subjects
  2. Lighting conditions
  3. Viewing angles
  4. Background environments
  5. Image quality
  6. Subject movement

The final recognition scope should be agreed during implementation.

How accurate is AI recognition?

AI recognition accuracy depends on the subject, training material, camera conditions, environment, and how visually distinct the recognized items are.

Factors such as lighting, distance, viewing angle, movement, obstructions, or similar-looking animals and objects can affect recognition performance.

For that reason, Pigeon-Tech should validate the selected subjects in the intended visitor environment before launch.

We should avoid publishing a universal accuracy percentage unless it has been measured and documented for the specific deployment.

What happens after an animal or artifact is recognized?

After a supported animal, artifact, exhibit, or object is recognized, Pigeon Suite can open the digital experience configured for that subject.

This may include:

  1. Facts and descriptions
  2. Stories
  3. Images
  4. Audio
  5. Video
  6. Educational content
  7. Quizzes
  8. Challenges
  9. Related exhibits or animals
  10. Additional discovery options

The goal is to connect the moment of visitor curiosity with relevant content and interactive participation.

The exact experience depends on the content and features configured for the venue.

Can AI Recognition include quizzes and gamified learning?

Yes. AI Recognition can be connected with configured gamification experiences such as quizzes, questions, challenges, or other educational interactions.

For example, after recognizing an animal, visitors could learn about its habitat or diet and then answer a related quiz question.

This can support edutainment by connecting discovery with participation and learning.

Gamification features such as points, badges, leaderboards, rewards, or progress tracking should be included only where they are supported and configured for the deployment.

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Does AI Recognition require QR codes, NFC tags, or beacons?

No. Camera-based AI Recognition does not automatically require QR codes, NFC tags, or beacons to identify a supported visual subject.

Those technologies may still be used in the broader visitor experience for other purposes, such as:

  1. Triggering content
  2. Confirming a location
  3. Supporting treasure hunts
  4. Providing proximity-based interactions
  5. Connecting physical signage with digital content

The appropriate technologies depend on the visitor experience being designed.

AI Recognition should be treated as one interaction method within the broader Pigeon Suite platform.

Can the recognition experience support multiple languages?

Yes, the digital content shown after recognition can support multiple languages when multilingual content is configured for the deployment.

Depending on the implementation, visitors may be able to access translated:

Text

Exhibit information

Animal information

Stories

Quiz content

Audio

Other supported digital content

The availability of each language depends on the translations and content provided or approved for the project.

AI Recognition identifies the subject; multilingual support determines how the related experience is presented to the visitor.

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Can venue teams see AI Recognition engagement analytics?

Pigeon Suite can track supported interaction events when analytics are configured for the AI Recognition experience.

Depending on the implementation, venue teams may be able to review activity such as:

Recognition attempts

Successful recognition events

Recognized subjects

Content opened after recognition

Quiz or challenge interactions

Related content engagement

Session or completion activity

The exact analytics available depend on the tracking configuration and deployment.

Recognition activity can help venue teams understand how visitors interact with the experience, but those interactions should not automatically be interpreted as proof of learning or visitor satisfaction.

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