Archeoguide: first results of an augmented reality, mobile computing system in cultural heritage sites

  • Authors:
  • Vassilios Vlahakis;John Karigiannis;Manolis Tsotros;Michael Gounaris;Luis Almeida;Didier Stricker;Tim Gleue;Ioannis T. Christou;Renzo Carlucci;Nikos Ioannidis

  • Affiliations:
  • Intracom S.A.;Intracom S.A.;Intracom S.A.;Intracom S.A.;Centro de Computacao Graphica;Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung;Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung;Intracom S.A.;A&C 2000 Srl.;Intracom S.A.

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2001 conference on Virtual reality, archeology, and cultural heritage
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper presents the ARCHEOGUIDE project (Augmented Reality-based Cultural Heritage On-site GUIDE). ARCHEOGUIDE is an IST project, funded by the EU, aiming at providing a personalized electronic guide and tour assistant to cultural site visitors. The system provides on-site help and Augmented Reality reconstructions of ancient ruins, based on user's position and orientation in the cultural site, and realtime image rendering. It incorporates a multimedia database of cultural material for on-line access to cultural data, virtual visits, and restoration information. It uses multi-modal user interfaces and personalizes the flow of information to its user's profile in order to cater for both professional and recreational users, and for applications ranging from archaeological research, to education, multimedia publishing, and cultural tourism. This paper presents the ARCHEOGUIDE system and the experiences gained from the evaluation of an initial prototype by representative user groups at the archeological site of Olympia, Greece.