Augmenting Reality in Museums with Interactive Virtual Models

Theodore Koterwas (), Jessica Suess (), Scott Billings, Andrew Haith and Andrew Lamb ()
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Theodore Koterwas: University of Oxford
Jessica Suess: University of Oxford
Scott Billings: University of Oxford
Andrew Haith: University of Oxford
Andrew Lamb: University of Oxford

A chapter in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, 2018, pp 365-370 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Two projects at the University of Oxford extend beyond screen-based interactivity to create physically interactive models of museum objects on smartphones utilising Bluetooth, image recognition and sensors. The Pocket Curator app gives visitors to the Museum of the History of Science the opportunity to recreate a 19th century demonstration of wireless technology in the gallery and to find their latitude with a virtual sextant. The re-sOUnd app transforms phones into historic musical instruments: moving your arm in a bowing motion plays an Amati Violin and blowing into the phone while tilting it up and down sounds a trumpet used by Oliver Cromwell’s trumpeter. This paper describes the apps, discusses challenges discovered in testing them with museum visitors, and reports findings from user interviews.

Keywords: Museums; Augmented reality; Mobile; Virtual models; Interactivity; Usability; Cultural heritage; Interpretation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64027-3_25

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