Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/9627
Title: Presenting cypriot cultural heritage in virtual reality: A user evaluation
Authors: Loizides, Fernando 
El Kater, Alexios 
Terlikas, Constantinos 
Lanitis, Andreas 
Michael-Grigoriou, Despina 
Major Field of Science: Natural Sciences
Field Category: Computer and Information Sciences
Keywords: Cultural heritage;User experience;Virtual museums
Issue Date: Nov-2014
Source: 5th International Euro-Mediterranean Conference, 2014, vol.8740, pp. 572-579
Volume: 8740
Start page: 572
End page: 579
Project: A State-of-the-Art VR CAVE facility for the Advancement of Multi-Disciplinary Research & Development in Cyprus 
Conference: International Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Digital Heritage, EuroMed 
Abstract: This paper presents a user evaluation related to the overall experience of a number of volunteers obtained by visiting two virtual museums populated with digitized Cypriot cultural heritage/art items using different virtual reality display systems. The two virtual museums used are replicas of an engraving museum and a virtual Byzantine icons museum. During the experiment visitors were able to use a Head Mounted Display or a stereoscopic Powerwall projection in order to obtain an immersive 3D experience. The results of the user evaluation indicate that both ways of presenting the museum received an equal usability score among the users but at the same time a number of drawbacks of each method were indicated. The findings of the research are crucial in enabling the use of a user-centered design process approach to improve the prototypes and develop virtual experiences for additional museums. The ultimate aim of our approach is to develop applications that showcase Cypriot Cultural Heritage in a way that attracts visitors to visit the original museums.
ISSN: 1611-3349
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0
Rights: © Springer Nature
Type: Conference Papers
Affiliation : Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
Appears in Collections:Δημοσιεύσεις σε συνέδρια /Conference papers or poster or presentation

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