The Visitor as Virtual Archaeologist: Explorations in Mixed Reality Technology to Enhance Educational and Social Interaction in the Museum

Proceedings VAST 2001 Virtual Reality, Archeology, and Cultural Heritage

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 91-96

  Hall, Tony ^a   Ciolfi, Luigina ^a   Bannon, Liam ^a   Fraser, Mike ^b   Benford, Steve ^b   Bowers, John ^c   Greenhalgh, Chris ^b   Hellström, Sten Olof ^c   Izadi, Shahram ^b   Schnädelbach, Holger ^b   Flintham, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Augmented, hybrid reality archaeology; Disappearing computer; Historical re enactment and storytelling; Mobile computing; Museum experience and use of virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HYBRID REALITY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0141427590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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