Factors Facilitating Cultural Learning in Virtual Architectural Heritage Environments

Ibrahim, Nazrita; Ali, Nazlena Mohamad; Yatim, Noor Faezah Mohd

doi:10.1145/2660776

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“…Furthermore, their contribution to achieving the suspension of disbelief has been recognized [59]. Narratives, when successfully used for guiding the user through a Virtual Museum, motivate visitors to stay longer and see more [60]. VHs can bring these experiences to a wider audience, including people with disabilities [61], as well as provide a welcome invitation for discovery [62,63].…”

Section: Virtual Humansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multimodal Narratives for the Presentation of Silk Heritage in the Museum

Hauser¹,

Beisswenger²,

Partarakis

et al. 2022

Heritage

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In this paper, a representation based on digital assets and semantic annotations is established for Traditional Craft instances, in a way that captures their socio-historic context and preserves both their tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage dimensions. These meaningful and documented experiential presentations are delivered to the target audience through narratives that address a range of uses, including personalized storytelling, interactive Augmented Reality (AR), augmented physical artifacts, Mixed Reality (MR) exhibitions, and the Web. The provided engaging cultural experiences have the potential to have an impact on interest growth and tourism, which can support Traditional Craft communities and institutions. A secondary impact is the attraction of new apprentices through training and demonstrations that guarantee long-term preservation. The proposed approach is demonstrated in the context of textile manufacturing as practiced by the community of the Haus der Seidenkultur, a former silk factory that was turned into a museum where the traditional craft of Jacquard weaving is still practiced.

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Section: Virtual Humansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multimodal Narratives for the Presentation of Silk Heritage in the Museum

Hauser¹,

Beisswenger²,

Partarakis

et al. 2022

Heritage

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“…Information design and presentation, in particular, stress the fact that the users should be able to understand the significance of information providing engagingly through narratives [27]. Narratives, when successfully used for guiding the user through a VM, motivate visitors to stay longer and see more [28]. Besides, visiting a cultural site in the company of a guide who tells fascinating stories about the exhibits becomes a memorable experience, and when human guides are a scarce resource-or doors to a museum or gallery are closed, VHs can bring these experiences to a wider audience as well as provide a welcome invitation to discovery [29].…”

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Realistic Virtual Humans for Cultural Heritage Applications

et al. 2021

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Virtual Humans are becoming a commodity in computing technology and lately have been utilized in the context of interactive presentations in Virtual Cultural Heritage environments and exhibitions. To this end, this research work underlines the importance of aligning and fine-tuning Virtual Humans’ appearance to their roles and highlights the importance of affective components. Building realistic Virtual Humans was traditionally a great challenge requiring a professional motion capturing studio and heavy resources in 3D animation and design. In this paper, a workflow for their implementation is presented, based on current technological trends in wearable mocap systems and advancements in software technology for their implementation, animation, and visualization. The workflow starts from motion recording and segmentation to avatar implementation, retargeting, animation, lip synchronization, face morphing, and integration to a virtual or physical environment. The testing of the workflow occurs in a use case for the Mastic Museum of Chios and the implementation is validated both in a 3D virtual environment accessed through Virtual Reality and on-site at the museum through an Augmented Reality application. The findings, support the initial hypothesis through a formative evaluation, and lessons learned are transformed into a set of guidelines to support the replication of this work.

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“…Particularly worthy of note are the analyses of the use of digital technologies in the areas of archaeology and heritage education [31], the use of ICT and contemporary heritagization processes [32], and the most recent projects regarding the study of apps [33][34][35] which follow in the footsteps of the initial projects carried out in Great Britain [23]. Over the past few years, studies on virtual heritage [36], Big Data [37] and heritage, ICT, and inclusion [38] have been carried out in other parts of the world.…”

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Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality Applied to Heritage Education. An Evaluative Study

et al. 2020

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Technological advancements have provided heritage with new learning environments via the use of virtual and augmented reality, which can foster the accessibility and understanding of culture and propose new ways of interacting with heritage. Therefore, in this study, a systematic evaluation is carried out of n=197 heritage education programs listed in the database of the Observatorio de Educación patrimonial en España (OEPE) (the Spanish Heritage Education Observatory–SHEO) which, in their descriptions, integrate the use of virtual environments and/or augmented reality to promote learning on the part of the user. The objectives of this study are: (1) to analyse the state of the art, (2) to evaluate the quality of their educational designs via the “analysis and assessment sequential method for heritage education programs” (SAEPEP-OEPE) and (3) to identify variables which can be improved or which have a significant influence on the quality of the programs. Highlights of the results include: (a) the increasing implementation of these technologies in heritage education programs, with the greater presence of virtual resources than of learning environments, (b) the low level of the scope of educational quality in their designs, particularly their assessment, and (c) the inclusion of advanced technologies slightly decreases the specificity of the educational design.

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Factors Facilitating Cultural Learning in Virtual Architectural Heritage Environments

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

Multimodal Narratives for the Presentation of Silk Heritage in the Museum

Multimodal Narratives for the Presentation of Silk Heritage in the Museum

Realistic Virtual Humans for Cultural Heritage Applications

Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality Applied to Heritage Education. An Evaluative Study

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