• DocumentCode
    769207
  • Title

    User testing a hypermedia tour guide

  • Author

    Bellotti, Francesco ; Berta, Riccardo ; De Gloria, Alessandro ; Margarone, Massimiliano

  • Author_Institution
    Genoa Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    41
  • Abstract
    Although handheld guides have been proposed as a way to enhance visitors´ experience of museums and exhibitions, the authors describe user studies that actually test the theory in a real-world setting.
  • Keywords
    human factors; humanities; hypermedia; mobile computing; hypermedia guides; museums; pervasive computing; tour guides; ubiquitous computing; user acceptance; Art; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Electronic equipment testing; Information retrieval; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; Prototypes; Space technology; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2002.1012335
  • Filename
    1012335