A Gamified Augmented Reality Application for Digital Heritage and Tourism

Applied Sciences

Dimitrios Tzovaras¹  Georgios Meditskos¹  Christina Tsita¹  Sotiris Diplaris¹  EiriniE. Mitsopoulou¹  AthanasiosT. Patenidis¹  Alexandros Kokkalas¹  Ioannis Paliokas¹  Konstantinos Votis¹  Stefanos Vrochidis¹  Ioannis Kompatsiaris¹  EvangelosA. Stathopoulos¹  Spyros Tsafaras²  Elli Karyati²  George Pehlivanides²  Eleana Tasiopoulou³  Christodoulos Riggas³ 

[1] Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, 57001 Thermi, Greece;Interaction Department, Tetragon S.A., 54641 Thessaloniki, Greece;Research and Educational Programs Department, Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, 10558 Athens, Greece;

关键词: augmented reality;    games;    digital heritage;    museums;    usability evaluation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app10217868

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Although Augmented Reality (AR) technology has entered many market and knowledge domains such as games and leisure activities, it remains rather limited in digital heritage. After studying the potentiality of using modern AR elements in a museum context, this paper proposes the use of additional game and educational elements in the core AR application in order to enhance the overall on-the-spot museum visitor’s experience. An agile AR application design methodology was followed by taking into account the needs of small-to-medium sized real-world museums. Moreover, a heuristic evaluation protocol was applied by a group of experts in order to test the proof-of-concept AR application, in which some novel elements were proposed such as the AR quiz game. The main findings indicate that enhanced AR experiences in museum settings can make a nice fit with the user environment, physical and perceptual abilities, known metaphors, and user position and motion in 3D space. Moreover, AR services can be provided under a minimum distraction and physical effort. As a conclusion, AR technologies are mature enough to be standardized for museum usage, while the audience seems to be ready to take advantage of the related enhanced museum experiences to maximize both user satisfaction and learning outcomes.

【 授权许可】

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