9,772 research outputs found
Interfaces of the Agriculture 4.0
The introduction of information technologies in the environmental field is impacting and changing even a traditional sector like agriculture. Nevertheless, Agriculture 4.0 and data-driven decisions should meet user
needs and expectations. The paper presents a broad theoretical overview, discussing both the strategic role of design applied to Agri-tech and the issue of User Interface and Interaction as enabling tools in the field. In
particular, the paper suggests to rethink the HCD approach, moving on a Human-Decentered Design approach that put together user-technology-environment and the importance of the role of calm technologies as a way
to place the farmer, not as a final target and passive spectator, but as an active part of the process to aim the process of mitigation, appropriation from a traditional cultivation method to the 4.0 one
Key factors and network model for location-based cultural mobile game design
The use of smart devices as media for digital learning constitutes a new-generation digital learning paradigm. Therefore, context-aware game-based learning has attracted considerable attention. Location-based games have not only positive effects on learning but also pronounced effects on culture and history. Accordingly, focusing on railway cultural heritages, we attempted to assess interdependent relationships between key factors crucial for the design of a location-based mobile game for cultural heritages. We adopted the analytic network process (ANP) for our assessment. We initially performed a literature review to generalize relevant criteria and elements and developed a questionnaire based on the fuzzy delphi method (FDM); which lead to the selection of key factors, namely 3 criteria and 15 elements. We also applied an online ANP-based questionnaire; on the basis of the experts' opinions, we established a network model and determined the priority order of the key factors. The results revealed that experts considered “culture learning” to be of the highest importance, with the most important three elements being “prior knowledge,” “challenge levels,” and “cultural narrative.” Moreover, culture learning exhibited a strong interaction with content design. In addition, each element had a considerable influence on the remaining elements that could provide references for the construction of location-based cultural mobile games in the future
A framework study on the use of immersive XR technologies in the cultural heritage domain
Most cultural promotion and dissemination are nowadays performed through the digitization of heritage
sites and museums, a necessary requirement to meet the new needs of the public. Augmented Reality
(AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) have the potential to improve the experience quality
and educational effect of these sites by stimulating users’ senses in a more natural and vivid way. In this
respect, head-mounted display (HMD) devices allow visitors to enhance the experience of cultural sites
by digitizing information and integrating additional virtual cues about cultural artifacts, resulting in a
more immersive experience that engages the visitor both physically and emotionally.
This study contributes to the development and incorporation of AR, MR, and VR applications in the
cultural heritage domain by providing an overview of relevant studies utilizing fully immersive systems,
such as headsets and CAVE systems, emphasizing the advantages that they bring when compared to
handheld devices. We propose a framework study to identify the key features of headset-based Extended
Reality (XR) technologies used in the cultural heritage domain that boost immersion, sense of presence,
and agency. Furthermore, we highlight core characteristics that favor the adoption of these systems over
more traditional solutions (e.g., handheld devices), as well as unsolved issues that must be addressed to
improve the guests’ experience and the appreciation of the cultural heritage.
An extensive search of Google Scholar, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, and Wiley Online
Library databases was conducted, including papers published from January 2018 to September 2022.
To improve review reporting, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA) guidelines were used. Sixty-five papers met the inclusion criteria and were classified depending
on the study’s purpose: education, entertainment, edutainment, touristic guidance systems, accessibility,
visitor profiling, and management.
Immersive cultural heritage systems allow visitors to feel completely immersed and present in the
virtual environment, providing a stimulating and educational cultural experience that can improve the
quality and learning purposes of cultural visits. Nonetheless, the analyzed studies revealed some limitations that must be faced to give a further impulse to the adoption of these technologies in the cultural
heritage domain
Tangible Data Souvenirs as a Bridge between a Physical Museum Visit and Online Digital Experience
This paper presents the design, implementation, use and evaluation of a tangible data souvenir for an interactive museum exhibition. We define a data souvenir as the materialisation of the personal visiting experience: a data souvenir is dynamically created on the basis of data recorded throughout the visit and therefore captures and represents the experience as lived. The souvenir provides visitors with a memento of their visit and acts as a gateway to further online content. A step further is to enable visitors to contribute, in other words the data souvenir can become a means to collect visitor-generated content. We discuss the rationale behind the use of a data souvenir, the design process and resulting artefacts, and the implementation of both the data souvenir and online content system. Finally we examine the installation of the data souvenirs as part of a long-lasting exhibition: the use of this souvenir by visitors has been logged over seven months and issues around the gathering of user-generated content in such a way are discussed.
Keywords: Tangible interaction; data souvenir; museums; user-generated content
Orchestrating ubiquitous learning situations about Cultural Heritage with Casual Learn mobile application
Producción CientíficaCultural Heritage learners can highly benefit from ubiquitous learning approaches that connect in-classroom activities with active on-site learning opportunities. However, teachers face the problem that the current landscape of technological support for learning Cultural Heritage mostly consists of mobile applications for informal contexts, completely decoupled from curricular activities. This paper presents the results of an exploratory-sequential mixed-methods study that focuses on the feasibility, for non-technical expert teachers, of repurposing an existing mobile application in formal Cultural Heritage ubiquitous learning situations. Such feasibility is explored from the perspective of the orchestration metaphor. More specifically, we used the “5+3 aspects orchestration framework” to understand the orchestration challenges of four ubiquitous learning situations about Cultural Heritage carried out in two secondary schools. These situations involved five teachers and 139 students who used a mobile application called Casual Learn for several weeks. The results of the study suggest that, after a brief training, teachers can design, enact, and orchestrate ubiquitous learning situations that involve both in-classroom and out-classroom activities. The teachers were able to transfer to the students most of the orchestration load of out-classroom activities. The results also showed that the flow of learning artifacts and information between in- and out-classroom activities is a critical issue that needs to be addressed by developers of ubiquitous learning technological solutions.Junta de Castilla y Leon - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (project VA257P18)Agencia Estatal de Investigación - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (project TIN2017-85179-C3-2-R
CREATe 2012-2016: Impact on society, industry and policy through research excellence and knowledge exchange
On the eve of the CREATe Festival May 2016, the Centre published this legacy report (edited by Kerry Patterson & Sukhpreet Singh with contributions from consortium researchers)
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