Virtual Tourism and Digital Heritage: An Analysis of VR/AR Technologies and Applications

Siddiqui, Muhammad Shoaib; Syed, Toqeer Ali; Nadeem, Adnan; Nawaz, Waqas; Alkhodre, Ahmad

doi:10.14569/ijacsa.2022.0130739

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“…The paper has proposed a complete secure framework wherein different applications working remotely are having a real feeling of trust in each other [ 17 , 342 , 343 ]. The participants within the collaborative AR subscribed to a trusted environment to further make interaction with each other in a secure fashion while their communication was protected through state-of-the-art blockchain infrastructure [ 338 , 344 ]. A model of such an application is shown in Figure 11 .…”

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In-Depth Review of Augmented Reality: Tracking Technologies, Development Tools, AR Displays, Collaborative AR, and Security Concerns

Syed

Siddiqui

Abdullah

et al. 2022

Sensors

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Augmented reality (AR) has gained enormous popularity and acceptance in the past few years. AR is indeed a combination of different immersive experiences and solutions that serve as integrated components to assemble and accelerate the augmented reality phenomena as a workable and marvelous adaptive solution for many realms. These solutions of AR include tracking as a means for keeping track of the point of reference to make virtual objects visible in a real scene. Similarly, display technologies combine the virtual and real world with the user’s eye. Authoring tools provide platforms to develop AR applications by providing access to low-level libraries. The libraries can thereafter interact with the hardware of tracking sensors, cameras, and other technologies. In addition to this, advances in distributed computing and collaborative augmented reality also need stable solutions. The various participants can collaborate in an AR setting. The authors of this research have explored many solutions in this regard and present a comprehensive review to aid in doing research and improving different business transformations. However, during the course of this study, we identified that there is a lack of security solutions in various areas of collaborative AR (CAR), specifically in the area of distributed trust management in CAR. This research study also proposed a trusted CAR architecture with a use-case of tourism that can be used as a model for researchers with an interest in making secure AR-based remote communication sessions.

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confidence: 99%

In-Depth Review of Augmented Reality: Tracking Technologies, Development Tools, AR Displays, Collaborative AR, and Security Concerns

Syed

Siddiqui

Abdullah

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…Such advancements pave the way for virtual visits from afar. As indicated by the authors (Siddiqui et al, 2022), the quality of immersive VR experiences is closely tied to the quality of the VR equipment. When combined with accessories like, e.g., Google Cardboard, smartphones can offer an initial level of immersion.…”

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3d Modelling and Virtual Reality for Museum Heritage Presentation: Contextualisation of Sculpture From the Tang Era

Spallone,

Lamberti,

Vigo

et al. 2024

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. The present research concerns the contextualisation and presentation of eleven small statues from the Tang era dated from the XI and XII centuries CE today housed at the Asian Art Museum in Turin (MAO). A multidisciplinary group with expertise in Asian art, digital representation, and information processing systems, with the support of VR@POLITO and MOD Lab Arch of the Politecnico di Torino is involved in the work. The goal is to present together several Tang-era pottery models not belonging to the same funerary outfit within the spaces of a coeval, philologically compatible hypogeal tomb. With a pronounced storytelling intent, the reconstructive 3D model represents a virtual exhibition project summarizing Tang art’s architectural, pictorial, and sculptural features. The pipeline was developed through photogrammetric acquisition with Structure from Motion (SfM) technology and 3D modeling of the artworks, reconstructive modeling and texturing of a Tang tomb as the ideal space of the statues, and communication through a virtual reality (VR) experience augmented with a set of information.

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“…The metaverse, when associated with tourism, uses physical reality in combination with mixed reality (MR), with the latter consisting of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). So far, the more extensively used terms in the field of tourism research is virtual tourism [3,41], also referred to as "cloud tourism", which uses both VR and AR technologies, as well as live video streaming [3].…”

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Tourism marketing in the metaverse: A systematic literature review, building blocks, and future research directions

Sánchez-Amboage,

Crespo-Pereira,

Membiela-Pollán

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The aim of this research is to investigate tourist marketing within the embryonic context of the metaverse in order to comprehend the building blocks and the primary technologies employed in the sector. A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted on 386 articles, with an overall qualitative approach that included 86 references, all of which dealt with the topic of the metaverse and had direct or potential implications for the tourism sector (hotels, restaurants, means of transport, leisure activities and destination itself). The articles are taken from: Science Direct, Taylor & Francis, Emerald, Springer and Google Scholar. The SLR was carried out according to the PRISMA search protocol. The results indicate the technologies that have been most thoroughly studied at the confluence of marketing, tourism, and the metaverse (AI, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, blockchain, tokens (NFTs) and digital twins). Moreover, they establish the foundational components of tourism marketing in the metaverse for the first time (tourism products, the metaverse as a distribution and branding channel for tourism and, tourist customer as protagonist). Finally, the study exposes research gaps and recommends future directions for exploration (monetization of products in the metaverse, promotion and marketing strategies in the metaverse, new profiles for marketing professionals, policy development that regulates commercial activity in the metaverse).

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Virtual Tourism and Digital Heritage: An Analysis of VR/AR Technologies and Applications

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

In-Depth Review of Augmented Reality: Tracking Technologies, Development Tools, AR Displays, Collaborative AR, and Security Concerns

In-Depth Review of Augmented Reality: Tracking Technologies, Development Tools, AR Displays, Collaborative AR, and Security Concerns

3d Modelling and Virtual Reality for Museum Heritage Presentation: Contextualisation of Sculpture From the Tang Era

Tourism marketing in the metaverse: A systematic literature review, building blocks, and future research directions

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