The Development of Virtual Museum for Thai Style Houses in Four Regions

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Abstract-These currently, the educated sources for Thai local cultures and Thai folk wisdoms still do not exist in online multimedia. In order to spread Thai folk wisdoms on Thai style house building similar to the real thing, a researcher gathered and presented in form of Virtual Museum which imitate the real places, as well as developed to integrate with the website so that any people who are interested in can study through this Virtual Museum. In addition, people can view the differences of Thai style houses in four regions which this was difficult to do previously.From the experiment by the users, it showed that they increased knowledge about Thai style houses in four regions, as well as they were satisfied in the system mostly. In sum up, Virtual Museum of Thai style houses in four regions can support in educating people about Thai cultures efficiently.Index Terms-Virtual museum, Thai style houses. I. INTRODUCTIONWhen considering in Thai cultures and Thai local wisdoms related to houses in each regions, people, who are not in organizations or institutes that involve in this field, have known very few, or rarely have a chance to study about Thai cultures and Thai local wisdoms because to learn about Thai houses, it needs to visit the sites themselves which is the field study in order to help learners receive real experience, and view the real place. However, a field study is very costly, and takes time, as well as it is very difficult. Moreover, the current sources are not similar to Thai houses in the past since there are only pictures or textbooks only. In information technology era, only primitive kinds of media seem lack to draw attention from people.Thai houses and local wisdom in housing among Thai people in four regions were an example that a researcher found that it is very important in cultures and values to help new generation learn and interest about the local architectures in four regions. Each region has different styles, architectures, and local wisdoms. Currently, modern technology, that has been developing both in systems and programs, including internet, website, and ect., influences in solving that difficulty. Yaowalak Tianbanjong and friends (2544 :9-13) said that society in the present fills with many kinds of media so that sufficient educational materials is very important because they can help in learning, teaching, and researching information. Integrating with good designed programs will benefit to teaching and further researching. Likewise, Virtual Museum is a kind of technology innovation Manuscript received October 11, 2014; revised December 12, 2014. P. Jomsri is with the Faculty of science and technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand (tel.: +6602-160-1143; e-mail: pijitra.jo@ssru.ac.th, pijitra_jom@hotmail.com).which supports in learning and fulfilling viewers either students or people. Stories or activities from Virtual Museum can be learned practically through many kinds of technology.From the difficulty in presenting Thai cultures and Thai lo...

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