Virtual Portals for a Smart Fruition of Historical and Archaeological Contexts

Cisternino, Doriana; Gatto, Carola; D’Errico, Giovanni; Luca, Valerio De; Barba, Maria Cristina; Paladini, Giovanna Ilenia; Paolis, Lucio Tommaso De

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25999-0_23

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“…The idea of "virtual portals" has been presented before in the literature [38] for outdoor archaeological sites. "Virtual portals" were introduced in many fictional films and TV series, as well as computer games.…”

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“…By "walking" through these portals, users can perform transfers (or jumps) between various mixed realities, such as the real world and augmented and virtual realities. The authors of [38] explored the possibilities of using virtual portals to perform "time travels" from the real environment of the present to the virtual environment of the past. This idea is of particular importance since new technologies, such as the headsets recently launched by Apple and Meta, can support transfers between VR, AR, and the real world.…”

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“…VR portals are another idea that has been presented in literature [38], and in this application, an attempt was made to implement this idea in a meaningful way using different technologies to those proposed in [38].…”

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Creating Location-Based Mobile Applications for Tourism: A Virtual AR Guide for Western Macedonia

Evagelou,

Kleftodimos,

Lappas

2024

Digital

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Augmented reality (AR) applications are currently used in many fields for communication and educational purposes. Tourism is also a sector where augmented reality is used for destination marketing and cultural heritage promotion. This study will focus on mobile location-based AR applications and their potential in tourism. Such applications can guide tourists to places of interest and enhance their overall experience. The aim of this paper is to present a mobile application that was created for tourists visiting the region of Western Macedonia, Greece. The application was developed in order to guide the users in the region, entertain them, and educate them about the region’s sights, cultural heritage, and other special characteristics. The paper also aims to present a large set of features that are present in the application, including various types of AR (marker-based, markerless, and location-based) in order to provide designers who wish to create AR applications for tourism with new ideas. The application was validated by a usability test, and its features were evaluated by 39 participants who completed a questionnaire with 29 Likert-scale items. This procedure revealed the level of acceptance for the application features, and valuable feedback was also received during a discussion with the participants about how the application could be upgraded in the future.

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Creating Location-Based Mobile Applications for Tourism: A Virtual AR Guide for Western Macedonia

Evagelou,

Kleftodimos,

Lappas

2024

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“…The idea of "virtual portals" is presented in [42] for outdoor archaeological sites. "Virtual portals" is an idea inspired by many TV series, movies, and video games.…”

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Creating Location-Based Augmented Reality Games and Immersive Experiences for Touristic Destination Marketing and Education

Kleftodimos,

Evagelou,

Gkoutzios

et al. 2023

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The aim of this paper is to present an approach that utilizes several mixed reality technologies for touristic promotion and education. More specifically, mixed reality applications and games were created to promote the mountainous areas of Western Macedonia, Greece, and to educate visitors on various aspects of these destinations, such as their history and cultural heritage. Location-based augmented reality (AR) games were designed to guide the users to visit and explore the destinations, get informed, gather points and prizes by accomplishing specific tasks, and meet virtual characters that tell stories. Furthermore, an immersive lab was established to inform visitors about the region of interest through mixed reality content designed for entertainment and education. The lab visitors can experience content and games through virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) wearable devices. Likewise, 3D content can be viewed through special stereoscopic monitors. An evaluation of the lab experience was performed with a sample of 82 visitors who positively evaluated features of the immersive experience such as the level of satisfaction, immersion, educational usefulness, the intention to visit the mountainous destinations of Western Macedonia, intention to revisit the lab, and intention to recommend the experience to others.

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“…Virtual portals [25] enabled on-site exploration of a virtually reconstructed past reality of sites or monuments that the user can visualise on his/her smartphone by walking through portals placed at specific points of interest.…”

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A Virtual Tour for the Promotion of Tourism of the City of Bari

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The use of information technology in the field of cultural heritage makes it possible to involve more and more people in the promotion of cultural heritage, fostering social, cultural, economic and community growth. This work stems from the interest in using Virtual Reality (VR) in the field of cultural heritage, creating a tour of the city of Bari that tells its evolution over the years. To this end, a low-cost VR360 application has been developed which, by means of a cardboard, allows the user to experience a virtual journey through time. It tells the story of the city, focusing on its urban expansion and the evolution of its architectural styles, influenced by various dominations over the centuries, up to the current state. The virtual environment was created from spherical images of the city, captured through 360° cameras and enriched with various types of information content. The user experience was assessed by means of a questionnaire derived from previous work that was generalised and adapted to the considered scenario: the results showed a very good level of satisfaction, usability, engagement, immersion and sense of presence; the highest score was obtained for the visual quality of the images of the virtual environment.

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Virtual Portals for a Smart Fruition of Historical and Archaeological Contexts

Cited by 16 publications

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Creating Location-Based Mobile Applications for Tourism: A Virtual AR Guide for Western Macedonia

Creating Location-Based Mobile Applications for Tourism: A Virtual AR Guide for Western Macedonia

Creating Location-Based Augmented Reality Games and Immersive Experiences for Touristic Destination Marketing and Education

A Virtual Tour for the Promotion of Tourism of the City of Bari

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