Reconstructing the lost reality archaeological analysis and Transmedial Technologies for a perspective of Virtual Reality in the Etruscan city of Kainua

Gaucci, Andrea; Garagnani, Simone; Manferdini, Anna Maria

doi:10.1109/digitalheritage.2015.7419502

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“…To briefly summarise just a few examples (see [4] for a comprehensive survey), VR enables visitors to experience virtual exhibitions either off site or in a dedicated space in the museum as a form of virtual tourism [24][49] [50][51], may improve accessibility [17], or enable communication between local and remote visitors [6]. Examples of virtual recreations include: an Etruscan town [13]; the Labyrinth of Versailles [15]; Nefertiti's tomb [52]; and a complete recreation of ancient Rome [12] amongst many others. Augmented reality has been used to overlaying digital content on existing exhibits, for example the Smithsonian's Skin and Bones [53], to create virtual guides [26], or introduce exhibits which are not physically present [40], [42] or [45], including reconstructing buildings outside of the museum as in Dead men's eyes [9] and the Augurscope [30].…”

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Thresholds

Tennent

Martindale

Benford

et al. 2020

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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We examine the experience of Thresholds , a virtual reality (VR) recreation of the world's first photographic exhibition, which has toured to multiple museums. Following the method of performance-led research in the wild, we provide an account of the artist's design rationale and the experiences of visitors as the work toured. We reveal how the overlaying and juxtaposing of virtual and physical spaces established a VR architecture that underpinned the extended user experience. Overlaying was used to layer a virtual model onto a corresponding physical set to deliver physical sensations of touch and movement alongside visual and audio stimuli. Juxtaposition was used to embed the VR installation within the surrounding gallery space at each host museum, dealing with the challenges of entering, exiting, spectating, and invigilating the experience. We propose that museum designers can use these techniques to deliver VR installations that are compelling but also scalable and tourable.

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Thresholds

Tennent

Martindale

Benford

et al. 2020

J. Comput. Cult. Herit.

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“…Archaeology also has a relationship with urban spaces and geography in the context of VR. Recent examples of research show the potential of transmedia technologies and virtual reality to reconstruct archaeological sites [64,65].…”

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Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Advances in Communication, Interaction and Simulation

Tamayo

Gértrudix

García

2017

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Today, virtual reality and immersive environments are lines of research which can be applied to numerous scientific and educational domains. Immersive digital media needs new approaches regarding its interactive and immersive features, which means the design of new narratives and relationships with users. Additionally, ICT (information and communication theory) evolves through more immersive and interactive scenarios, it being necessary to design and conceive new forms of representing information and improving users' interaction with immersive environments. Virtual reality and technologies associated with the virtuality continuum, such as immersive and digital environments, are emerging media. As a medium, this approach may help to build and represent ideas and concepts, as well as developing new languages. This review analyses the cutting-edge expressive, interactive and representative potential of immersive digital technologies. It also considers future possibilities regarding the evolution of these immersive technologies, such as virtual reality, in coming years, in order to apply them to diverse scientific, artistic or informational and educational domains. We conclude that virtual reality is an ensemble of technological innovations, but also a concept, and propose models to link it with the latest in other domains such as UX (user experience), interaction design. This concept can help researchers and developers to design new experiences and conceive new expressive models that can be applied to a wide range of scientific lines of research and educational dynamics.

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“…Researchers have investigated and exploited the immersive, interactive and imaginative nature of VR [5] to disseminate and present arts and humanities [7,8,11,14,25]. This includes the emergence of 'Virtual Museums', of which there are two main types [4]: one is the replication of an existing museum, which allows remote access to its digitalised exhibits; the other is the reconstruction of a lost archaeological site and activities that enables users to navigate and observe virtual objects, such as the Rome Reborn project [10].…”

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Appropriate Control Methods for Mobile Virtual Exhibitions

Tennent

Cobb

2018

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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It is becoming popular to render art exhibitions in Virtual Reality (VR). Many of these are used to deliver at-home experiences on peoples' own mobile devices, however, control options on mobile VR systems are necessarily less flexible than those of situated VR fixtures. In this paper, we present a study that explores aspects of control in such VR exhibitions-specifically comparing 'on rails' movement with 'free' movement. We also expand the concept of museum audio guides to better suit the VR medium, exploring the possibility of embodied characterguides. We compare these controllable guides with a more traditional audio-guide. The study uses interviews to explore users' experience qualitatively, as well as questionnaires addressing both user experience and simulator sickness. The results suggest that users generally prefer to have control over both their movement and the guide, however, if relinquishing movement control, they prefer the uncontrolled guide. The paper presents three key findings: (1) users prefer to be able to directly control their movement; (2) this does not make a notable difference to simulator sickness; (3) embodied guides are potentially a good way to deliver additional information in VR exhibition settings.

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Reconstructing the lost reality archaeological analysis and Transmedial Technologies for a perspective of Virtual Reality in the Etruscan city of Kainua

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Thresholds

Thresholds

Immersive Environments and Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Advances in Communication, Interaction and Simulation

Appropriate Control Methods for Mobile Virtual Exhibitions

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