FAQs

About WonderWay

  • WonderWay is a voice-based AI cultural companion that helps you explore museums, monuments, and interesting places through conversation. It’s like having an art historian and storyteller in your pocket — one who speaks your language.

  • Instead of reading labels or pressing buttons, you simply talk. WonderWay answers your questions, tells stories, and connects what you see to the bigger picture — turning your visit into a dialogue.

  • WonderWay runs entirely on the web. No downloads, no updates — just scan a QR code or visit WonderWay.ai and start talking.

  • Yes. Just connect to Wi-Fi or use mobile data, put on your headphones, and talk to WonderWay as you explore. It’s designed for hands-free use so you can look, not scroll.

  • YEs, we recommend it. Museums are more enjoyable when they are quiet, so you would enjoy them more and let other do the same.

  • Audio guides talk at you. WonderWay talks with you. It understands your curiosity, follows your questions, and adapts to your pace — making every visit unique.

  • WonderWay is launching first in New York City museums and landmarks, then expanding globally. Soon you’ll be able to explore sites from Paris to Tokyo with the same intelligent companion.

    WonderWay works best at The Metropolitan Museum, MoMA and The American Museum of Natural History.

  • Yes. WonderWay speaks and understands many languages — from English and French to Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese, and more — so everyone can explore in their own tongue.

  • It understands natural speech. You can ask follow-ups, change topics, or even joke — AyaWonderWaypi responds conversationally, not by script.

Experience & Interaction

  • Simply press the microphone icon and start speaking — or type if you prefer. WonderWay listens, thinks, and replies instantly.

  • Anything about what you’re seeing — an artist, a time period, a symbol, or a feeling. You can even ask “what’s interesting about this?” and it’ll find a story worth telling.

  • Absolutely. It was built to bring art and history to life through stories — the strange, emotional, sometimes funny details that labels leave out.

  • Only for the session, so the conversation flows naturally. Once you leave, your private dialogue stays yours — it isn’t stored or shared. You can however, look at your chat history and recover information about your previous conversations.

  • Yes! You can explore virtual collections, artworks, and landmarks from anywhere. Curiosity doesn’t need an entry ticket.

  • WonderWay needs a basic connection to process your questions, but it’s optimized to run smoothly even on museum Wi-Fi.

Behind the Scenes

  • WonderWay’s content is curated by museum professionals and cultural institutions. AI helps connect the dots, but the knowledge comes from people who love culture.

  • Every response is built from verified sources and expert-reviewed data. WonderWay’s base its responses from a vector library (RAG) using proven sources as the foundation for its responses. It also relies of Wikipedia as a sources for contextual expansion. You get the reliability of scholarship, delivered with the spontaneity of conversation.

  • WonderWay doesn’t serve — it converses. It’s observant, curious, and a little witty — designed to feel like the smartest friend you never get tired of talking to.

  • Yes. It adapts to what interests you — art, architecture, science, mythology — and adjusts tone, depth, and language accordingly.

  • WonderWay is an independent platform that collaborates with museums, but it isn’t owned by them. That freedom lets it connect stories across institutions and cultures.

Access & Privacy

  • No. WonderWay is free during launch and pilot phases. Outside these promotions, you are be able to choose between daily and weekly passes.

  • Yes. You need to log in with your Google or Facebook emails and that’s it. This way you can maintain all your history logs and future settings.

  • Your voice isn’t stored or analyzed for advertising. It’s processed in real time, then deleted. The history is saved, but private. The anonymous cumulative data of your interactions and other user’s, help us evaluate the product and help museums improve their offerings.

  • No. It only uses your location when you allow it, to show nearby stories. Otherwise, your journey stays private.

  • You can reach us anytime by using the contact form. We love hearing from explorers who see the world with curiosity.