Mobile Augmented Reality edutainment applications for cultural institutions

Author

Chatzidimitris, Thomas ; Kavakli, Evangelia ; Economou, Maria ; Gavalas, Damianos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Cultural Technol. & Commun., Univ. of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The paper focuses on current practice regarding the application of mobile Augmented Reality (AR) technologies for enabling learning in the context of cultural heritage. It also presents ARmuseum, an application developed for the Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production in Lesvos (MBEL). Finally, it discusses a number of issues related to the evaluation of mobile AR applications for cultural institutions.

Keywords

augmented reality; computer aided instruction; computer games; entertainment; history; mobile computing; museums; vegetable oils; ARmuseum; Lesvos; MBEL; Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production; cultural heritage; cultural institutions; mobile AR game applications; mobile augmented reality edutainment applications; Augmented reality; Cameras; Cultural differences; Games; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Production; cultural heritage; edutainment; mobile Augmented Reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA), 2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Piraeus

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0770-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IISA.2013.6623726

Filename

6623726