Design and Development of a Virtual Reality Application for Edutainment in Cultural Heritage

Author

De Paolis, Lucio T. ; Aloisio, Giovanni ; Celentano, Maria G. ; Oliva, Luigi ; Vecchio, Pietro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Innovation Eng., Salento Univ., Lecce, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

84

Abstract

In this paper we describe part of the MediaEvo project on a Digital Heritage application aimed to serve as an edutainment tool. Visitors are able to virtually explore the reconstructed heritage environment of Otranto town and learn about the medieval world through a virtual experience. The project aims to identify the methodologies related to interactive learning and an approach oriented to the instructive paths which take advantage of multi-sensory media and their level of interaction. At the moment the MediaEvo project is in progress and in this paper the obtained results are shown.

Keywords

history; virtual reality; MediaEvo project; Otranto town; cultural heritage; digital heritage application; edutainment tool; interactive learning; multisensory media; virtual learning; virtual reality application; Buildings; Cities and towns; Collaboration; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Multimedia systems; Space technology; Technological innovation; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Edutainment; Middle Ages; Virtual Cultural Heritage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Systems and Multimedia, 2009. VSMM '09. 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3790-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VSMM.2009.18

Filename

5306028