Design and Application of an Augmented Reality System for continuous, context-sensitive guided tours of indoor and outdoor cultural sites and museums

Vlahakis, V.; Pliakas, T.; Demiris, A.; Ioannidis, N.

Design and Application of an Augmented Reality System for continuous, context-sensitive guided tours of indoor and outdoor cultural sites and museums

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2003

Authors

Vlahakis, V.
Pliakas, T.
Demiris, A.
Ioannidis, N.

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

The exploitation of augmented reality and mobile computing for the implementation of context and locationsensitive tours of archaeological sites and museums is explored in this paper. The LIFEPLUS system is presented as a novel approach offering advanced interactive audiovisual presentations to visitors of ancient Pompeii in Italy. The hardware architecture and main functionalities are presented.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/VAST/VAST03/155-164
,
booktitle = {The 4th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage
},
editor = {David Arnold and Alan Chalmers and Franco Niccolucci
},
title = {{Design and Application of an Augmented Reality System for continuous, context-sensitive guided tours of indoor and outdoor cultural sites and museums
}},
author = {Vlahakis, V. and 
Pliakas, T. and 
Demiris, A. and 
Ioannidis, N.
},
year = {2003
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1811-864X
},
ISBN = {3-905673-08-8
},
DOI = {/10.2312/VAST/VAST03/155-164
}
}