India, April 25 -- A University of Queensland founded startup that builds exhibition design software for art galleries, museums and theatres has been acquired by Swiss company Culture Software Group.

Ortelia Curator is a software used by creative professionals worldwide to create 2D and 3D interactive exhibition spaces, originating from research led by Emeritus Professor Joanne Tompkins from UQ's School of Communication and Arts.

"We wanted to develop a tool that could help curators and designers rapidly test and communicate exhibition design concepts with stakeholders," Emeritus Professor Tompkins said.

Ortelia was established in 2009 as a startup company by UQ's commercialisation company, UniQuest.

"Over the past 15 years it has bee...