Evaluating Learning with Tangible and Virtual Representations of Archaeological Artifacts

Pollalis, Christina; Minor, Elizabeth; Westendorf, Lauren; Fahnbulleh, Whitney; Virgilio, Isabella; Kun, Andrew L.; Shaer, Orit

doi:10.1145/3173225.3173260

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“…MxR applications are emerging in the VH domain following the recent advances in immersive reality technologies. For instance, Pollalis et al ( 2018 ) presented a MxR application that utilizes Microsoft HoloLens to allow object-based learning through mid-air gestural interaction with virtual representations of museum artifacts. Similar to AV, MxR applications are not common in VH.…”

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A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage

2019

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In recent years, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Virtuality (AV), and Mixed Reality (MxR) have become popular immersive reality technologies for cultural knowledge dissemination in Virtual Heritage (VH). These technologies have been utilized for enriching museums with a personalized visiting experience and digital content tailored to the historical and cultural context of the museums and heritage sites. Various interaction methods, such as sensor-based, device-based, tangible, collaborative, multimodal, and hybrid interaction methods, have also been employed by these immersive reality technologies to enable interaction with the virtual environments. However, the utilization of these technologies and interaction methods isn't often supported by a guideline that can assist Cultural Heritage Professionals (CHP) to predetermine their relevance to attain the intended objectives of the VH applications. In this regard, our paper attempts to compare the existing immersive reality technologies and interaction methods against their potential to enhance cultural learning in VH applications. To objectify the comparison, three factors have been borrowed from existing scholarly arguments in the Cultural Heritage (CH) domain. These factors are the technology's or the interaction method's potential and/or demonstrated capability to: (1) establish a contextual relationship between users, virtual content, and cultural context, (2) allow collaboration between users, and (3) enable engagement with the cultural context in the virtual environments and the virtual environment itself. Following the comparison, we have also proposed a specific integration of collaborative and multimodal interaction methods into a Mixed Reality (MxR) scenario that can be applied to VH applications that aim at enhancing cultural learning in situ .

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A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage

2019

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“…3D-printing applications have focused on issues of accessibility in museum contexts (see e.g. Wilson 2018), as well as teaching and outreach (Katz 2017; Pollalis et al 2018). On the other hand, experimental studies and studies of proofs-of-concept have primarily addressed issues similar to those discussed in the context of traditional replicas; for example, how handling and manipulation of 3D printouts affect our perceptive experiences in relation to conventional ways of seeing objects in a display case, on a computer monitor, or by using stereoscopic and haptic devices (see e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

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Hamilakis²,

Kyparissi‐Apostolika³

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The image-based discourse on clay figurines that treated them as merely artistic representations, the meaning of which needs to be deciphered through various iconological methods, has been severely critiqued and challenged in the past decade. This discourse, however, has largely shaped the way that figurines are depicted in archaeological iterations and publications, and it is this corpus of images that has in turn shaped further thinking and discussion on figurines, especially since very few people are able to handle the original, three-dimensional, physical objects. Building on the changing intellectual climate in figurine studies, we propose here a framework that treats figurines as multi-sensorial, affective and dynamic objects, acting within distinctive, relational fields of sensoriality. Furthermore, we situate a range of digital, computational methods within this framework in an attempt to deprive them of their latent Cartesianism and mentalism, and we demonstrate how we have applied them to the study of Neolithic figurines from the site of Koutroulou Magoula in Greece. We argue that such methodologies, situated within an experiential framework, not only provide new means of understanding, interpretation and dissemination, but, most importantly, enable researchers and the public to explore the sensorial affordances and affective potential of things, in the past as well as in the present.

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“…Orit Shaer is an Associate Professor of computer science and director of Media Arts and Sciences at Wellesley College. Her expertise is in designing, implementing and evaluating novel human-computer interactions including multitouch, augmented reality [12,23], and tangible interaction [19,22]. In 2012 she was general chair of the ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces conference, in 2017 she served as program co-chair of the ACM Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) conference, and in 2020 she will again serve as program co-chair of TEI.…”

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AutoWork 2019

Fröhlich

Schartmüller

Wintersberger

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Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications: Adjunct

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Automated vehicles will allow users to engage in non-driving activities related to work and well-being. This workshop will explore a number of questions related to human-computer interaction in vehicles with the ultimate goal of allowing users to be productive in automated vehicles, as well as to engage in activities that successfully increase their wellbeing. Additionally, the organizers will pilot a novel format for hybrid engagement of participants, which will include online activities before and after the workshop, as well as in-person activities at the workshop.

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Evaluating Learning with Tangible and Virtual Representations of Archaeological Artifacts

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage

A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage

Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece

AutoWork 2019

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